κρεῖττον εἶναι φιλοσόφως ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἀφιλοσόφως ζῆν → that it is better to die in manner befitting a philosopher than to live unphilosophically
ŏb-aurātus: a, um,I adj., gilded (postclass.): socci obaurati, App. M. 11, p. 260, 34.