οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills
părănētē: ēs, f., = παρανήτη,
I the last string but one; hence, the note next to the highest, Vitr. 6, 1; cf. id. 5, 4.