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evitatio

From LSJ

θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ēvītātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I an avoiding (post - Aug.): malorum, Quint. 5, 10, 33: periculi, Sen. Q. N. 2, 39: fastidii, Vop. Aur. 22.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ēvītātĭō, ōnis, f. (evito), action d’éviter, fuite : Quint. 5, 10, 33 ; Sen. Nat. 2, 39, 3.

Latin > German (Georges)

ēvītātio, ōnis, f. (1. evito), das Vermeiden, impendentis periculi, Sen. nat. qu. 2, 39, 3: malorum (Ggstz. adeptio bonorum), Quint. 5, 10, 33: fastidii, Vopisc. Aurel. 22, 4.