κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well
-εσσα, -ενtriste, penoso δεσμῷ ἐν ἀχνυόεντι σιδηρέῳ ἔσβεσαν ὕβριν Simon.100b.3D., ἀχνυόεν τόδε δῶρον GVI 238 (Atenas, imper.).