κοσμεῖν
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 κοσμέω): adorn, arrange, embellish, exaggerate, govern, regulate, rule, bring into order, draw up in order, embellish a story, reduce to order, set in order, shed lustre on
Lexicon Thucydideum
exornare, to equip, adorn, 1.10.3,
Similiter Similarly 1.21.1. 2.42.2,
PASS. 2.46.1, 3.67.6, 6.41.3, 8.24.4.
