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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)

in-vălĕo: ēre,
I to be strong against, to prevail (late Lat.; vique valebunt is the true reading, Lucr. 2, 301; v. Lachm. ad h. l.; and the perf. invaluit belongs to invalesco;
v. the foll. art.): egredi conatus, invalente morbi gravitate detentus est, Amm. 21, 15, 2.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

invălĕō, ēre, intr., être fort : Amm. 21, 15, 2.