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
[Seite 1051] äol. = ἑτέρωθεν, Sappho.
ἑτέρωτα: Αἰολ. ἀντί ἑτέρωθι, Σαπφώ 1. 5, ἴδε Α. Β. 606, 607.