κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
P. and V. πολλοῦ ἄξιος, τιμιώτατος.
costly: P. πολυτελής.