Subterfugio, subterfugis, pen. cor. subtérfugi, pen. prod. subterfúgitum, pen. cor. subterfúgere. Plautus. To escape away priuily: to eschewe. Omnia subterfugere, non modo sapientiæ, sed etiam fsoelig;licitatis.Cic.Subterfugere & deuitare.Cic.To escape and eschewe.Subterfugere crimen.Cic.To anoide the danger of a thing layde to his charge.Subterfugere imprudentiam alterius.Cic.Subterfugere militiã simulatione insaniæ.Cic.By faining himselse madde, to eschewe going to warre.Subterfugere pœnam & calamitatem.Cic.Subterfugere periculum.Cic.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
subter-fŭgĭo, fūgi, 3, v. n. and a.I.Neutr., to flee secretly or by stealth, to get off (so very rare): subterfugisse sic mihi hodie Chrysalum, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 2; Dig. 42, 6, 20.—II.Act., to escape, evade, avoid, shun (class.; a favorite word of Cic.): mare, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 83: vim criminum, Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8: imprudentiam, id. ib. 1, 4, 13: militiam, id. Off. 3, 26, 97: poenam aut calamitatem, id. Caecin. 34, 100: periculum, id. Fam. 15, 1, 4: omnia quasi fata, id. Lael. 10, 35: tempestatem Punici belli, Liv. 31, 10: jus fisci, Suet. Vesp. 23.—With inf.: dicere, Quint. Decl. 6, 12.