τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery
pŏlĕmōnĭa: ae, f., = πολεμώνιον,I Greek valerian, otherwise called philaeteria, Plin. 25, 6, 28, § 64.