ἥττημα
Κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → Death is better than a life of misery → Satius mori quam calamitose vivere → Der Tod ist besser als ein Leben in der Not
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A discomfiture, LXXIs.31.8; loss, 1 Ep.Cor.6.7: ἥττησις, εως, ἡ, = foreg., Suid. s.v. ἧττα.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἥττημα: τό, = ἧττα, Ἐβδ. (Ἠσαΐ. λα΄, 9), Α΄ Ἐπιστ. πρὸς κορινθ. ς΄, 7· - καὶ ἥττησις, ἡ, Σουΐδ.
English (Strong)
from ἡττάω; a deterioration, i.e. (objectively) failure or (subjectively) loss: diminishing, fault.
English (Thayer)
(cf. Buttmann, 7; WH's Appendix, p. 166), ἡτηματος, τό, (ἡττάομαι);
1. a diminution, decrease: i. e. defeat, αὐτῶν, brought upon the Jewish people in that so few of them had turned to Christ, R. V. loss).
2. loss, namely, as respects salvation, R. V. text defect). Cf. Meyer (but cf. his 6te Aufl.) on each passage. (Elsewhere only in ecclesiastical writ:)
