ἀνθάπτεσθαι
From LSJ
κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἀνθάπτομαι): affect, attack, attain, move, touch, apply oneself to, make an impression on, of disease seizing a person, take hold of, take in hand