οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills
vīlĭpendo: ĕre, v. a. vilis-pendo,
I to hold in slight esteem, to depreciate, despise, vilipend: aliquem, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 58.
