ἥγημα
From LSJ
κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A that which guides, Inscr.Perg.246.27. II (ἡγέομαι 111) thought, purpose, LXXEz.17.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1151] τό, Anführung, Anleitung, Rath, LXX., VLL.