() is a Latin maxim which literally translates as 'no herb grows in the gardens against the power of death'. An alternative wording, or, 'no sage grows in the gardens against the power of death' uses in place of , is wordplay with the name of "salvia" (sage), which in Latin literally means 'healer' or 'health maker'. A broader meaning of the phrase is: "nothing can revert the embrace of death."