quaken

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

German > Latin

quaken, von Fröschen, coaxare. – nicht qu., mutum esse. – er gebot den quakenden Fröschen Ruhe, obstrepentes ranas silere iussit.