κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
ōraclum, sync. pour oraculum : Acc. Tr. 264 ; Varro Men. 326 ; Cic. Div. 1, 34 ; 37 ; 95.