Cispius
From LSJ
κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Cispĭus: (also Cespĭus, old form in Varr. L. L. 5, § 50 Müll.): mons,
I one of the peaks of the Mons Esquilinus, now the church S. Maria Maggiore, Varr. L. L. l. l.; Gell. 15, 1, 2; Fest. p. 348, 28; p. 351, 1; Paul. ex Fest. p. 42, 11; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 534 sq.
Cispĭus: a, um,
I a Roman gentile name; e. g. M. Cispius, Cic. post Red. in Sen. 8, 21; id. Planc. 31, 75 al.
