τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery
cardămum: i, n., = κάρδαμον,I a kind of cress (pure Lat. nasturtium), Scrib. Comp. 129; App. Herb. 20; Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 13.