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)
Use P. πλέγμα, τό.
a network of: use V. περιβολαί, αἱ (gen.), περιπτυχαί, αἱ (gen.), ἀμφίβληστρα (gen.).
