δνοπάλιξις
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 shaking, fluttering, Sch.Opp. H.2.295.
German (Pape)
[Seite 651] ἡ, das Schütteln, Umherwerfen, Schol. Opp. H. 2, 295; VLL.