τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι κρεῖσσον ἢ φῦναι βροτοῖς → not existing is better for mortals than being born, not to be born is better than life for mortals
asplēnum: or -on, i, n., = ἄσπληνον,
I miltwort, spleenwort: Asplenum ceterach, Linn.: Asplenon sunt qui hemionion vocant, Plin. 27, 5, 17, § 34; in Vitr. 1, 4, written as Greek, and in Isid. Orig. 17, 9, 87, asplenos.