ἀναιρεῖν
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
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἀναιρέω, ἀναίρω): destroy, reply, rescind, bring to naught, bring to nothing, nip in the bud, put an end to, take away
Lexicon Thucydideum
evertere, to overturn, destroy, 5.33.1, 5.77.1, 7.25.6, [ubi optimi where the best manuscriptscodd. manuscripts εἶλον, ut vicissim as in turn ἀνελών pro for ἑλών,1.13.6.]. 8.24.1,
tollere, movere, to lift up, move (sepulcra tombs), 1.126.12, 3.104.2, 5.1.1,
PASS. 1.8.1,
respondere (de oraculis), to reply (of oracles), 1.25.1, 1.118.3, 1.126.4, 2.54.4.
MED. recipere, colligere, to gather together, recover, 2.84.4, 4.12.1,
tollere, colligere, to take up, collect (corpora interfectorum bodies of the slain) ad sepulturam, for burial, 1.54.1,
simil. Ib. similarly there 1.2.1. 2.22.2, 2.79.7, 2.92.4, 3.98.5, 3.109.2, 3.109.3. 4.44.3. 4.44.6. 4.97.1. 4.98.8. 4.114.2. 5.74.2. 7.5.3. 7.72.1,
suscipere, to undertake, 6.1.1, 6.38.3.
