τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery
plūsquamperfectum, ī, n., plus-que-parfait [gramm.] : Prisc. Gramm. 8, 43.