νυκτίδρομος
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)
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
qui accomplit sa course la nuit.
Étymologie: νύξ, δραμεῖν.
Greek Monolingual
ο
ζωολ. γένος αιγοθηλόμορφων πτηνών της οικογένειας caprimulgidae.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
νυκτίδρομος: совершающий ночной бег (Eur. - v. l. к νυκτίβρομος).
