ῥικνότης
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)
ητος, ἡ, A shrivelledness, Hsch. s.v. διερρικνοῦντο.
German (Pape)
[Seite 843] ητος, ἡ, zusammengezogenes, krummes, runzliges Wesen, Hesych.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ῥικνότης: -ητος, ἡ, «καμπυλότης» (Ἡσύχ. ἐν λέξ. διερρικνοῦτο), Γρηγ. Νύσσ. τ. 2, σ. 933Α.
