νέωσις

From LSJ

καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

Source

German (Pape)

[Seite 250] ἡ, das neue Bestellen der Brache, Zubereitung des Brachlandes zur Saat, Geop.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

νέωσις: ἡ, ἡ πρώτη ἄροσις χέρσου γῆς, Λατ. novatio, μεταγεν.