adsultim
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
adsultim ADV :: by leaps, by hops; by leaps and bounds
adsultim (adsilio), en sautant, par sauts : Plin. 11, 79.