chamaeleuce

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)

chămaeleucē: ēs, f., = χαμαιλεύκη,
I a plant, colt'sfoot, Plin. 24, 15, 85, § 135; 26, 6, 16, § 30.