ἱππόφαιστον
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)
τό, a plant, A Centaurea spinosa, Dsc.4.160, Plin.HN 27.92, Ruf. ap. Orib.7.26.37.
Greek Monolingual
ἱππόφαιοτον, τὸ (Α)
το φυτό κενταύριον το ακανθώδες ή, κατ' άλλη άποψη, το φυτό κίρσιον το αστρωτόν.
