baptisma
From LSJ
ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
baptisma: ătis, n., = βάπτισμα.
I A dipping in, dipping under, washing, ablution, Prud. Psych. 103; Apoth. 697; Vulg. Marc. 7, 4; 7, 8: mundi, i. e. the general deluge, Tert. Bapt. 8.—
II Esp., Christian baptism, Vulg. Eph. 4, 5; in the Church fathers very freq.—A parallel form baptismus, i, m., Cod. Th. 16, 6, 1; Vulg. Marc. 11, 30 al.—baptismum, i, n., Tert. Bapt. 15; Aug. Serm. Temp. 36; Vulg. Matt. 21, 25 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
baptisma, ătis, n. (βάπτισμα), ablution, immersion : Prud. Psych. 103
