καλαμαδίας

From LSJ

κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well

Source

German (Pape)

[Seite 1306] ὁ, voll Rohr (κάλαμος), D. Cass. 63, 28, v. l. eines mss. καλαμώδης.