πέλωρ
From LSJ
τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι κρεῖσσον ἢ φῦναι βροτοῖς → not existing is better for mortals than being born, not to be born is better than life for mortals
English (LSJ)
τό,
A portent, prodigy, monster, Ep. Noun, only nom. and acc., in early writers always of living beings, mostly in bad sense, as of the Cyclops, π. ἀθεμίστια εἰδώς Od.9.428 ; αὐτὴ δ' αὖτε π. κακόν, of Scylla, 12.87 ; of the serpent Python, h.Ap. 374 ; of a dolphin, π. μέγα τε δεινόν τε ib.401 ; even of Hephaestus, π. αἴητον ἀνέστη χωλεύων Il.18.410 ; later, of things, εὐρυτενὴς ὠγκοῦτο π. μίτος Nonn. D. 24.257.—Cf. πέλωρος.
