κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well
tŭdes: is (ĭtis, acc. to Fest. p. 253 Müll.), m. root tud, tundo; Sanscr. tud-, to thrust,
I a hammer, mallet: tudites malleos appellant antiqui a tundendo, Fest. p. 352 sq. Müll.: fabriles operae tudibus contundere massas Festinant, Auct. Aetnae, 659.