ὀρθοποδέω
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)
A walk straight or uprightly, Ep.Gal.2.14.
German (Pape)
[Seite 375] grades Weges od. mit graden Füßen gehen, N. T.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀρθοποδέω: βαδίζω κατ’ εὐθεῖαν εἰς μέρος τι, Κ. Πορφυρ. Ἔκθ. Βασ. Τάξ. 496, 16: μεταφορ., βαδίζω τὴν ὀρθὴν ὁδόν, ἀλλ’ ὅτε εἶδον ὅτι οὐκ ὀρθοποδοῦσι πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Ἐπιστ. πρ. Γαλάτ. β΄, 14.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
aller droit sur ses jambes, aller droit son chemin.
Étymologie: ὀρθόπους.
