τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery
P. and V. ἐξανιστάναι (Dem. 208), ἀνιστάναι, V. ἐξοικίζειν (Eur., Hecuba 887).
desolate: P. and V. ἐρημοῦν, ἐξερημοῦν, κενοῦν, Ar. and V. ἐκκενοῦν (also Plato but rare P.).
