κηρομάρμαρος
From LSJ
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)
ὁ, A cement for making drainpipes watertight, Steph.in Hp. 2.384 D.
Greek Monolingual
κηρομάρμαρος, ὁ (Μ)
συγκολλητική ουσία που χρησιμοποιείται για στεγανοποίηση υδραγωγών αρδευτικών σωλήνων.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κηρός + -μάρμαρος (< μάρμαρον), πρβλ. καλλι-μάρμαρος, πολυ-μάρμαρος.
