enthymema
From LSJ
κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
enthȳmēma: ătis, n., = ἐνθύμημα>, rhetor. and dialect. t. t.
I A reflection, meditation, an argument (pure Lat. commentatio), Quint. 5, 10, 1; 5, 14, 1; 24; 8, 5, 4 et saep.; Cic. Top. 14; Juv. 6, 450.—
II A conclusion drawn from the contrary, Cic. Top. 13, 55; Quint. 8, 5, 9.
