circumtendo

ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σκιὰ μόνον → human being is only a breath and a shadow, man is but a breath and a shadow

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

circumtendō, tentum, ĕre, tr., envelopper, entourer : Pl. Mil. 235 ; C. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 174.