or
From LSJ
Τὸ γὰρ θανεῖν οὐκ αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' αἰσχρῶς θανεῖν → Mors ipsa non est foeda, sed foede mori → Das Sterben bringt nicht Schmach, doch sterben in der Schmach
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
conjunction
P. and V. ἤ; see also either, whether.
or rather: P. μᾶλλον δέ; see under rather.
worth little or nothing: P. ὀλίγου τινὸς ἄξιος καὶ οὐδένος (Plato, Ap. 23A; but cf. ὀλίγα ἢ οὐδέν (Plato, Ap. 23C).