ία

From LSJ

κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίωςdeath is better than a life of misery, it is better not to live at all than to live in misery

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Greek Monolingual

ἴα, ἰῆς, ἰῆ, ἴαν (Α)
(επικ. θηλ. του εἷς) μία («οὐδ' ἴα γήρυς», Ομ. Ιλ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ Βλ. λ. ιός (I)].