degrado
From LSJ
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
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēgrădō, āre, tr., dégrader, priver de son rang : Cod. Just. 1, 31, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
dē-grado, āvi, āre (de u. gradus), herabsetzen, degradieren, Eccl. u. spät. ICt.