ἑπτάτονος

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)

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Full diacritics: ἑπτάτονος	Medium diacritics: ἑπτάτονος	Low diacritics: επτάτονος	Capitals: ΕΠΤΑΤΟΝΟΣ
Transliteration A: heptátonos	Transliteration B: heptatonos	Transliteration C: eptatonos	Beta Code: e(pta/tonos

English (LSJ)

ον,

A seven-toned, φόρμιγξ Terp.5 ; γᾶρυς B.Scol.Oxy.1361 Fr.1.2 ; λύρα Ion Eleg.3.3 ; χέλυς E.Alc.446 (lyr.).

[Seite 1013] siebentönig, χέλυς Eur. Alc. 446 Here. Für. 683; λύρα I. A. 1129; sp. D., z. B. Nonn. D. 38, 303.

ἑπτάτονος: -ον, ἔχων ἑπτὰ τόνους, ἑπτάφωνος, Τέρπανδ. 1, Ἴων 3. 3. Εὐρ. Ἄλκ. 446.