ἀστυγείτων
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)
English (LSJ)
ον, gen. ονος,
A near or bordering on a city, σκοπαί A.Ag.309; πόλιες Hdt.6.99, cf. 9.122, E.Hipp.1161, Plu.Rom.23; πόλεμοι Arist.Pol.1330a18. 2 as Subst., neighbour to the city, borderer, Hdt.2.104, 5.66, Th.1.15, X.HG1.3.2., SIG633.10 (Milet., ii B.C.), etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 379] ονος, der Stadt benachbart, σκοπαί Aesch. Ag. 300; πόλις Eur. Hipp. 1161; Her. 6, 99; Din. 1, 24; πόλεμοι, Kriege mit den Stadtnachbarn, Arist. pol. 7, 9; Pol. 21, 7; πόλις Plut. Rom. 23; gew. οἱ, Gränznachbarn, Her. 1, 30 u. öfter; Thuc. 1, 15 Dem. 59, 106.
