ἐξεύρεσις
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)
εως, ἡ,
A searching out, search, Hdt.1.67. 2 finding out, invention, ib.94. 3 discovery, τοῦ ὄντος Pl.Min.315a.
German (Pape)
[Seite 880] ἡ, das Ausfinden, die Erfindung; Her. 1, 67; Plat. Min. 315 a.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐξεύρεσις: -εως, ἡ ἀναζήτησις, ἔρευνα, ἀπεῖχον τῆς ἐξευρέσιος Ἡρόδ. 1. 67. 2) ἐφεύρεσις, ὁ αὐτὸς 1. 94. 3) τὸ ἀναζητεῖν καὶ ἐξευρίσκειν τι, ὁ νόμος ἄρα βούλεται τοῦ ὄντος εἶναι ἐξεύρεσις Πλάτ. Μίνως 315Α.