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φυγή

phyge

flight

Appears 30 times across Plato's dialogues.

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φυγή, ἡ, (φεύγω) A. flight in battle, ἀΐξαντε φυγῇ Od. 10.117; οὐδέ τις ἀλκὴ . . οὐδὲ φ. 22.306; ἐς φ. ἐτράποντο Hdt. 8.89; ἐς φ. ὁρμᾶσθαι, ὁρμᾶν, E. Rh. 143, X. Cyr. 4.2.28; φυγὴν αἱρεῖσθαι, ἀρεῖσθαι, A. Pers. 481 (sed leg. αἴρονται), E. Rh. 54; ἰσχυρὰν τὴν φ. τοῖς πολεμίοις . . ἐποίει X. Cyr. 1.4.22; ἰσχυρὰ φ. ἐγένετο ib.7.1.26; generally, flight, Ev. Matt.24.20; φ. ἑλέσθαι take to flight, PGnom. 102 (ii A. D.): dat. φυγῇ, used adverbially, in hasty flight, φυγᾷ πόδα νωμᾶν S. OT 468 (lyr.); φυγᾷ ποδὶ ἴχνος ἔφερε E. Or. 1468 (lyr.); φ. ἐξαλύξωμεν ποδί Id. El. 218, cf. Ba. 437, Hec. 1066 (lyr.); φεύγειν φ., φ. ἀναχωρεῖν, Pl. Smp. 195b, 221a; φ. φευκτέον Luc. Ind. 16: pl., ἐν ταῖς φυγαῖς, of the flight of the country people of Attica into the city, in the Pelop. war, Ar. Ec. 243; φεύγουσί τινας οὐκ αἰσχρὰς φ. Pl. Lg. 706c. 2. flight or escape from a thing, avoidance of it, c. gen., γάμον A. Supp. 395 (lyr.); νόσων ἀμηχάνων φυγὰς ξυμπέφρασται S. Ant. 364 (lyr.), cf. OC 280; λέκτρων φυγαί E. Hel. 799; ἀγαθῶν φυγάς Pl. Ti. 69d; τῶν σιτίων Gal. 15.180; opp. αἵρεσις, Epicur. Ep. 3p.62U., al., cf. S.E. P. 1.87; τὰς ὀρθὰς αἱρέσεις καὶ φ. Phld. Herc. 1251.11; opp. δίωξις, Epicur. Sent. 25. 3. place of refuge, D.S. 17.78. 4. slipping of a bandage, Hp. Off. 9. II. banishment, exile, νῦν μὲν δικάζεις ἐκ πόλεως φυγὴν ἐμοί A. Ag. 1412, cf. Ch. 254; ἐκ γῆς S. OT 659, etc.; ἐνιαυσία ἔκδημος φ. E. Hipp. 37; τῆς φυγῆς ἧς αὐτοὶ ἔφυγον Lys. 13.74; συμφυγεῖν τὴν φ. ταύτην (sc. ὑμῖν) to go into banishment with . . Pl. Ap. 21a; φυγὴν ἐπιβαλὼν ἑωυτῷ imposing banishment on oneself Hdt. 7.3; φυγῇ ζημιοῦν E. Or. 900, cf.IG 12.39.7, Pl. Grg. 516d; φυγὴν καταγνῶναί τινος And. 1.106, Lys. 14.38; φυγῆς τιμήσασθαι (sc. δίκην) the penalty of exile, Pl. Ap. 37c, cf. Cri. 52c; ἐπὶ φόνῳ . . φ. Decr. ap. And. 1.78 (dub.l.); τῆς πατρίδος φ. ποιήσασθαι Lys. 3.42; εὐθύνας . . εἶναι . . πλὴν φυγῆς καὶ θανάτου καὶ ἀτιμίας IGl.c. 73: pl., E. Hipp. 1043, Pl. Prt. 325b, etc.; φυγὰς ἐμὰς χθονός E. Med. 400; φυγαὶ καὶ διώξεις Pl. Lg. 638a. 2. as a collect. Noun, = φυγάδες, body of exiles or refugees, A. Supp. 74 (lyr.), Th. 8.64, Aeschin. 2.143; κατάγειν τὴν φυγήν to recall them, X. HG 5.2.9; pl., συλλέξαι τὰς φυγάς Pl. Lg. 682e, cf. Plu. Flam. 12.
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