κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
dry up: P. and V. ξηραίνεσθαι. Met., P. and V. ἀπορρεῖν, διαρρεῖν.
