ἐπιμεταπέμπεσθαι
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
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἐπιμεταπέμπομαι): send for reinforcements
Lexicon Thucydideum
denuo arcessere, to summon again, 6.21.2. 7.7.3.