asbestos

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Ὅσον ζῇς, φαίνου, μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ· πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν, τὸ τέλοςχρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ. → While you live, shine; have no grief at all; life exists only for a short while, and time demands its toll.

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

asbestŏs: i, m. (sc. lapis), = ἄσβεστος (incombustible),
I a stone of an iron-gray color, found in Arcadia, differing from the common asbestos, perh. amiantus, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 146.