vegetieren

From LSJ

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.

Source

German > Latin

vegetieren, vivere (von Pflanzen). – sie vivere quo modo dicuntur arbores vivere (v. Menschen). – aufhören zu vegetieren, vitalem potestatem amittere.