κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
[Seite 987] immer mehr zusammenziehen, Arist. rhet. 3, 2; κοιλία ἐπισυνεσταλμένη, Schol. Ar. Plut. 301.