τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery
P. and V. σῖτος, ὁ, P. τὰ ἐπιτήδεια, ἐδώδιμα, τά; see food, provisions.