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
chĕlīdŏnĭas: ae, m., = χελιδονίας (pertaining to the swallow),
I the west wind, blowing after the 22d of Feb. (after the arrival of the swallows), Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 122.