προεκθέω
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)
A run out before, sally from the ranks, rush on, Th.7.30, J.BJ2.16.2, Arr.An.1.1.12; ἐν τοῖς δρόμοις Jul.Or.2.69d. 2 metaph., outrun, τοῦ λογισμοῦ Plu.2.446d; ὁ λόγος προεκθεῖ Ael.NA13.11.
German (Pape)
[Seite 718] (s. θέω), voran od. vorher herauslaufen, Thuc. 7, 30 u. Folgde, wie Plut.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
προεκθέω: μέλλ. -θεύσομαι, ἐκθέω, τρέχω ἔξω πρότερον, ἐξορμῶ ἐκ τῶν τάξεων τοῦ στρατοῦ, ἐξορμῶ μετὰ σπουδῆς, Θουκ. 7. 30, Ἀρρ. Ἀν. 1. 1, 12, κτλ. 2) μεταφορ., ὑπερβαίνω, προτρέχω, νικῶ εἰς ταχύτητα, λογισμοῦ Πλούτ. 2. 446Ε· ὁ λόγος προεκθεῖ Αἰλ. π. Ζ. 13. 11.
