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)
(Α ὀκτάκις και ὀκτάκιν και ὀκτάκι)
επίρρ. οκτώ φορές.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὀκτώ + επιρρμ. κατάλ. -άκις (πρβλ. εξάκις)].