ἱκνεῖσθαι

From LSJ

τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also ἱκνέομαι): arrive, entreat, reach, approach as a suppliant, arrive at

Lexicon Thucydideum

advenire, to arrive, 5.40.1, [nonnulli codd. several manuscripts ἥκοντο].
Part. participle congruens, iustus, fitting, right, 1.99.3.