dying
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
of persons: P. and V. θανάσιμος, P. ἐπιθάνατος, V. ψυχορραγής.
be dying, v.: V. ψυχορραγεῖν.
she like a swan chanting her last dying plaint: ἡ δέ τοι κύκνου δίκην τὸν ὕστατον μέλψασα θανάσιμον γόον (Aesch., Agamemnon 1444).
