ἀπόρρυσις
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)
εως, ἡ, A sinking down, τῶν προσκεφαλαίων Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus.58.74; cf. ἀπόρρευσις.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπόρρῠσις: -εως, ἡ, ἴδε ἐν λ. ἀπόρρευσις.
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
1 flujo, chorro τοῦ αἵματος Hp.Virg.1
•de los excrementos ἀπὸ τῶν σωμάτων Epiph.Const.Haer.26.11 (p.289.13).
2 desagüe, aliviadero de una fuente, Hero Dioptr.284.11, 24, Spir.1.30, de las aguas del Ponto Euxino, Plb.4.39.10
•de ríos ramal, brazo lateral ἔχοντος τοῦ Ταύρου πολλὰς καὶ μεγάλας ἀπορρύσεις Plb.10.28.4.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀπόρρῠσις: εως ἡ Polyb. = ἀπορροή 1.
