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
contrary to nature: P. and V. παρὰ φύσιν (Eur., Phoenissae 395).
not unnaturally, not unreasonably: P. οὐκ ἀπεικότως.
