τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery
(λωτός), either a part., or adj., for λωτόεντα: full of lotus, ‘clovery,’ πεδία, Il. 12.283†.