schoenobates
From LSJ
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
schoenŏbătes: ae, m., = σχοινοβάτης,>
I a rope-dancer, Juv. 3, 77.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
schœnŏbătēs,¹⁶ æ, m. (σχοινοβάτης), funambule : Juv. 3, 77.