παγάς
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)
γῆ τις ὑπὸ τῶν γεωργῶν, Hsch. πάγασα· θύρα, καὶ παγασαί, Id.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
παγάς: «γῆ τις ὑπὸ τῶν γεωργικῶν» Ἡσύχ.· σκληρὰ γῆ, χέρσος, Ἥρων Νεώτ. 222, 15.