fugitor

Latin

Etymology

From fugere +‎ -tor.

Noun

fugitor m (genitive fugitōris); third declension

1. who flees or retreats
   • c. 195 BCE, Plautus, Trinummus 718–724:

     quid ego nunc agam,
     nisi uti sarcinam constringam et clupeum ad dorsum accomodem,
     fulmentas iubeam suppingi soccis? non sisti potest.
     video caculam militarem me futurum hau longius:
     atque aliquem ad regem in saginam si eru’ se coniexit meus,
     credo ad summos bellatores acrem – fugitorem fore
     et capturum spolia ibi illum qui meo ero advorsus venerit.

     What do I do now, if not to pack my knapsack, fit my shield on my back, and let fasten the heels under the shoes? It cannot be stopped.
     I see myself as a military drudge in a future not far:
     My master stepping into the service and nourishment of some king, I believe that with the mightiest warriors he will be the foremost in retreat
     And will seize spoils where someone shall come against my master.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fugitor	fugitōrēs
genitive	fugitōris	fugitōrum
dative	fugitōrī	fugitōribus
accusative	fugitōrem	fugitōrēs
ablative	fugitōre	fugitōribus
vocative	fugitor	fugitōrēs

Verb

fugitor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of fugiō

References

• “fugitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fugitor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• fugitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.