μερόεις

From LSJ

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)

Source

German (Pape)

[Seite 135] εσσα, εν, nach Hesych. = μεριστικός.