propulsatio

ἀπὸ λεπτοῦ μίτου τὸ ζῆν ἤρτηται → life hangs by a thin thread

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prōpulsātĭo: ōnis, f. propulso,
I a driving back, a keeping or warding off, a repelling, repulse (rare but class.): periculi, Cic. Sull. 1, 2: criminis, Tiro ap. Gell. 7, 3, 15.

prōpulsātĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (propulso), action de repousser : [un danger] Cic. Sulla 2.

prōpulsātio, ōnis, f. (propulso), die Abhaltung, Abwendung, periculi, Cic. Sull. 2: pr. et translatio criminis, Tiro b. Gell. 7, 3, 15.