ἄφρακτος
τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι κρεῖσσον ἢ φῦναι βροτοῖς → not existing is better for mortals than being born, not to be born is better than life for mortals
English (LSJ)
ον, old Att. ἄφαρκτος (though this form has generally been altered by the copyists),
A unfenced, unfortified, unguarded, οἴκησις, στρατόπεδον, Th.1.6,117: c. gen., ἀ. φίλων by friends, S.Aj.910 (lyr.); of ships, not decked, IG12(1).44 (Rhodes); of horses, opp. πεφραγμένοι, Arr.Tact.2.5. 2 not obstructed, Gal.17(1).598. 3 not to be kept in, irrepressible, σταγόνες A.Ch.186 (with v.l. ἄφραστοι). II unguarded, off one's guard, ᾑρέθην E.Hipp.657; ληφθήσεσθε Th.6.33, cf. Ar.Th.581; πρός τινα Th.3.39.
German (Pape)
[Seite 414] unverzäunt, d. i. ungeschützt, φίλων, von Freunden, Soph. Ai. 893; ὅρκοις θεῶν Eur. Hipp. 657; οἴκησις, unbefestigt, Thuc. 1, 6; στρατόπεδον 1, 117; ἐν ἀφράκτῳ οἰκεῖν, unbeschützt wohnen, Luc. Gymnas. 34; unvorsichtig, Ar. Thesm. 581.
