ὄβδη
From LSJ
κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A = ὄψις, μούσῃσι γὰρ ἦλθον ἐς ὄβδην (or ἐσόβδην as Schn.) Call.Fr.522 ; ἐσόβδην and ὄβδην are cited by A.D.Adv.198.7 ; ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἀπογραφὴν εἰσόβδην, = palam, in propatulo, CIG(add.) 3641b42 (Lampsacus).
German (Pape)
[Seite 289] ἡ, = ὄψις, nur bei alexandrinischen Dichtern, im acc. ὄβδην u. ἐςόβδην, im Angesicht, coram, s. Lob. parall. 155.
