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κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίωςdeath is better than a life of misery, it is better not to live at all than to live in misery

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

quippĭ-ni: (quippĕni), adv. quippeni,
I why not? or, affirmatively, certainly, to be sure, by all means (ante- and post-class.), Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 50; id. Poen. 3, 4, 21; 28; 30; App. M. 9, p. 229, 15: Chr. Quid? illam meretricemne esse censes? Ni. Quippeni? Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 41; id. Ps. 4, 1, 12.