ars longa, vita brevis in Latin

Forms: ars longa [canonical], vīta brevis [canonical] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: A Latin translation of the Ancient Greek of a phrase from Hippocrates' Aphorisms, section 1, number 1: “Ὁ βίος βραχύς ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρά (Ho bíos brakhús hē dè tékhnē makrá)”. Etymology templates: {{calque|la|grc|-|notext=1}} Ancient Greek, {{m|grc|Ὁ βίος βραχύς ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρά}} Ὁ βίος βραχύς ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρά (Ho bíos brakhús hē dè tékhnē makrá) Head templates: {{head|la|phrase|head=ars longa, vīta brevis}} ars longa, vīta brevis

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"ars longa, vita brevis" meaning in Latin

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