seris

οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sĕris: ĭdis, f., = σέρις>,
I a kind of endive, Plin. 20, 8, 32, § 76; Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 5 (in Col. 8, 14, 2, written as Greek).