τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery
Ar. and P. διάρροια, ἡ.
they suffered from diarrhoea: κάτω διεχώρει αὐτοῖς (Xenophon, Anabasis 4, 8, 20).