mergulus
From LSJ
Ὅσον ζῇς, φαίνου, μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ· πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν, τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ. → While you live, shine; have no grief at all; life exists only for a short while, and time demands its toll.
Latin > English
mergulus merguli N M :: diver, kind of sea bird; (small gull); wick of a lamp
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mergŭlus: i, m. mergo,
I the wick of a lamp: mergulus, ἐλλύχνιον, Gloss. Gr. and Lat.
mergŭlus: i, m.
dim. mergus,
I a diver, a kind of bird, Vulg. Lev. 11, 17; id. Deut. 14, 17.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) mergŭlus, ī, m., dim. de mergus, plongeon : Vulg. Deut. 14, 17.
(2) mergŭlus, ī, m. (mergo), mèche de lampe : Gloss. Labb.
Latin > German (Georges)
mergulus, ī, m. (Demin. v. mergus), der Taucher, Vulg. Levit. 11, 17; deut. 14, 17; vgl. Gloss. III, 17, 58 ›mergulus, αἴθυια‹.
