τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery
ἑκόντως: ἑκουσίως, Ἰω. Χρυσ. τ. 2, σ. 522.
adv. voluntariamente τὰ τῶν ἑκόντως ἀποθνησκόντων χρήματα D.C.58.16.3.