τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery
apparently of Latin origin; left-handed; Scevas (i.e. Scævus), an Israelite: Sceva.
Σκευᾶ (Winer s Grammar, § 8,1; Buttmann, 20 (18)), ὁ, Sceva, a certain chief priest (cf. ἀρχιερεύς, 2at the end): Acts 19:14.