fluctio
From LSJ
Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fluctĭo: ōnis, f. fluo; cf. fluctus,
I a flowing, flow (freq. in Plin.): fluctione occulta laborare, Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 127: oculorum, id. 27, 9, 49, § 74; 28, 7, 21, § 73: mulierum, id. 21, 19, 73, § 123: ventris, id. 23, 5, 53, § 99: fluctiones quas Graeci rheumatismos vocant, id. 22, 18, 21, § 46; 22, 25, 68, § 138.
