κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)
v. intrans.
Use P. and V. διακονεῖν, ὑπηρετεῖν.
