κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)
3ᵉ pl. poét. pqp. de ἐμβαίνω.
see ἐμβαίνω.