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
sesquĭ-ŏpus: ĕris, n., = sesquiopera, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 67.