περιπόρφυρος
From LSJ
Κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → Death is better than a life of misery → Satius mori quam calamitose vivere → Der Tod ist besser als ein Leben in der Not
English (LSJ)
ον,
A edged with purple, ἱμάτια Crates Com.31, Heraclid.Pol.69; χιτωνίσκοι Plb.3.114.4, etc. 2 π. ἐσθῆτες garments with a purple border, of the Roman toga praetexta or laticlavia, Id.6.53.7; π. τήβεννα, τήβεννος, D.H.2.70, Plu.Rom.26; and περιπόρφυρος alone, ib.25, 2.283a ; π. (sc. παῖδες), pueri praetextati, Id.Publ. 18. 3 π. ἀγών part of name of an athletic contest at Sidon, IG3.129 (iii A. D.), CPHerm.54.13 (iii A. D.).
