τίς δ' οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται → who knows if life is death, and if in the underworlddeath is considered life
a primitive root; to cut off; (figuratively) to destroy; (partially) to scrape off: cut off, cut short, scrape (off). feminine of קָצֶה; a termination (used like קָצֶה):--coast, corner, (selv-)edge, lowest, (uttermost) participle