προαπολείπω
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)
A leave beforehand, οὐ π. τὴν κοινωνίαν, πλὴν ἐὰν χῆρος ἢ χήρα γένηται, of doves, Arist.HA612b33; of water, quit certain places first, Id.Mete.352b11; π. τὴν τάξιν depart from the natural order first, Id.Rh. Al.1438a31. II intr., fail before or first, Hp.Mul.1.59: c.gen., fail before, i.e. in comparison with, τοῦ σώματος . . ἡ ψυχὴ π. Antipho 5.93; προαπολείπει τῆς προθυμίας ἡ δύναμις Plu.2.789d:—Med., ib. 1078f. 2 desist first, Paus.2.1.5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 708] vorher verlassen, τάξιν, Arist. rhet. Al. 31, 5; sc. βίον, vorher sterben, ψυχή, Antiph. 5, 93; Hippocr. u. Folgde, wie Pausan.; Plut. S. N. V. 13.
