ὗλις
From LSJ
κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, mud, IG22.2498.9 (iv B.C.), PLille3.19 (iii B. C., gen. υλ[ . . ]ς), LXXPs.39(40).3, EM180.10 (where ὕλις parox.): v. ὑλίζω fin., ὕλη IV. 1 fin. [υλιν may be an engraver's error in IGl.c. for ἰλύν, which is found in the similar passage IG12.94.20, 23 (v B.C.).]
Frisk Etymology German
ὗλις: {hũlis}
Forms: (ὕλις)
Grammar: f.
Meaning: Schlamm (Pap. IV u. IIIa, LXX, EM).
Etymology : Aus ἰλύς durch Kreuzung mit ὑλίζω, ὕλη Schlamm entstanden (vgl. IG 12, 94, 20; 23 neben 22, 2498, 9)
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