ἀπήμαντος
From LSJ
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
English (LSJ)
ον,
A unharmed, unhurt, Od.19.282, cf. Hes.Th.955; ἀ. βίοτος a life free from misery, Pi.O.8.87; ἔστω δ' ἀπήμαντον be misery far away, A.Ag.378 (lyr.). II Act., unharming, σθένος Id.Supp. 576(lyr.); of snakes, Nic.Th.492. Adv. -τως Tz.ad Lyc.886.
German (Pape)
[Seite 290] unversehrt, unbeschädigt, Od. 19, 282; βίοτος Pind. Ol. 8, 87; σθένος Aesch. Suppl. 571; vgl. Ag. 368.
