ἀπὸ λεπτοῦ μίτου τὸ ζῆν ἤρτηται → life hangs by a thin thread
adverb from the same as ἀσωτία; dissolutely: riotous.
adverb (adjective ἄσωτος, on which see ἀσωτία), dissolutely, profligately: ζῆν (Josephus, Antiquities 12,4, 8), A. V. riotous living).