εἰσαΐω
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
English (LSJ)
poet.,
A = εἰσακούω, catch the sound of, hear, Sapph.Supp.1.13, Oxy.1787 Fr.3; listen, hearken to, c. gen., Theoc.7.88, A.R.1.764 : c. acc., ὕμνον AP9.189, cf. Call.Jov.54, Nic.Al.220, Orac. ap. Luc.Alex.50: abs., Rhian.19. II perceiue, feel the effect of, Hp. Morb.4.37 ; contr. fut. and aor. forms ἐσᾴσει, ἐσᾴσειεν are prob. in ib.35,38, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 740] (s. ἀΐω), p. = εἰσακούω; absol., Rhian. bei Schol. Ap. Rh. 3, 1. 3, 145; φωνᾶς Theocr. 7, 88; a. D.; ὕμνον Καλλιόπης Ep. ad. 521 (IX, 189); κρατερῶνσύνθημα λοχαγῶν Opp. Cvn. 1, 212.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εἰσαΐω: ποιητ. ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰσακούω, ἀκούω, ἀκροῶμαι, μετὰ γεν., Θεόκρ. 7. 88, Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Α. 764· μετ’ αἰτ., Ἀνθ. Π. 9. 180, Καλλ. εἰς Δία 54.
