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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν 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)
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Revision as of 11:53, 10 December 2020
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. τρόπος, ὁ, or pl., ἦθος, τό, φύσις, ἡ.
mood: P. and V. ὀργή, ἡ, or pl.
good temper: P. εὐκολία, ἡ.
good tempered, adj.: Ar. and P. εὔκολος
bad temper: Ar. and P. δυσκολία.
bad tempered: P. and V. δύσκολος.
verb transitive
blend: P. and V. κεραννύναι, συγκεραννύναι.
temper metal: P. βάπτειν (cf. Soph., Ajax 651).
mitigate P. and V. ἐπικουφίζειν; see mitigate.
tempered by fire (of iron): V. ὀπτὸς ἐκ πυρός (Soph., Antigone 475).
