ἀντιπαίω
From LSJ
κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → death is better than a life of misery, it is better not to live at all than to live in misery
English (LSJ)
A strike against, resist, τὸ ἀντιπαῖον Hp.VM22, cf. Arist. Pr.902b13: metaph., πρός τι Plb.18.46.15; τινί Iamb in Nic.p.22 P.: —Pass., ib.p.24 P.
