κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
P. and V. δρέπανον, τό (Euripides, Cyclops 394).
scythemaker: Ar. δρεπανουργός, ὁ.