φθινώδης
From LSJ
κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)
English (LSJ)
ες,
A consumptive, οἱ φ. Hp.Aph.4.8, etc.; τὸ φ. a consumptive habit, Id.Epid.1.2; φ. διάθεσις, νόσος, Androm. ap. Gal.13.18, Gal.17 (1).62; τὰ φ. πάθη Id.6.775, Paus.10.2.4. Adv. -δῶς Gal.17(1).61, al.