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
adj.
P. and V. σπάνιος, V. σπανιστός, ὑπεσπανισμένος.
