ἦμεν

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)

German (Pape)

[Seite 1165] dor. = εἶναι, Ar. Ach. 736 Thuc. 5, 77. 79.

ἦμεν: α΄ πληθ. παρατατ. τοῦ εἰμὶ (sum). ΙΙ. ᾖμεν, α' πληθ. παρατ. τοῦ εἶμι (ibo).

inf. prés. dor. de εἰμί;
1ᵉ pl. impf. de εἰμί.

ἦμεν: αʹ πληθ. παρατ. του εἰμί (Λατ. sum).

ἦμεν: 1) 1 л. pl. impf. к εἰμί;
2) дор. inf. praes. к εἰμί.