Ἰώνιος
From LSJ
κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → death is better than a life of misery, it is better not to live at all than to live in misery
English (LSJ)
α, ον,=foreg., τρόπος, of the Ionic dialect, Philostr.VA7.35:—fem. Ἰωνίς, ίδος, Ionian, Paus.6.22.7, etc.: as substantive, Call.Epigr. 27, Plu.Luc.18: Ἰωνιάς, άδος, Nic.Fr.74.4, Str.8.3.32.