ἀποτμήξ
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)
ῆγος, ὁ, ἡ, cut off, sheer, like ἀπορρώξ, σκοπιή A.R.2.581.
German (Pape)
[Seite 331] ῆγος, abgeschnitten, steil, σκοπιά Ap. Rh. 2, 581.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποτμήξ: ῆγος, ὁ, ἡ, ἀποκεκομμένος, ἀπότομος, ὡς τὸ ἀπορρώξ, ἀποτμῆγι σκοπιῇ ἴσον, ὅ ἐ. ἀπερρηγμένη, ἀπεσχισμένη, Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Β. 581.
Spanish (DGE)
-ῆγος cortado, tallado a pico σκοπιή A.R.2.581.
Greek Monolingual
ἀποτμήξ (-ῆγος), ο, η (Α) αποτμήγω
αυτός που έχει αποκοπεί, απότομος.
