εὐπάλαμος
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)
[πᾰ], ον,
A handy, skilful, ingenious, of persons, Phoronis Fr.2, Nonn.D.5.216, al.: more freq. in the abstract, inventive, μέριμνα A.Ag.1531 (lyr.); Ἔρως Orph.H.58.4; σοφίη IG14.967. 2 skilfully wrought, ὕμνοι Cratin.70, cf. Nonn.D.17.146, al. b easily manipulated, Ph.Bel.60.47.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1086] mit geschickter Hand, kunstreich, erfinderisch; Ἔρως Orph. H. 57, 4; σοφία Nicomed. ep. (App. 15) (s. das Vorige); – kunstreich gearbeitet, ὕμνοι Ar. Equ. 530; δεσμός Nonn. D. 17, 146.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εὐπάλᾰμος: -ον, ἐπιτήδειος εἰς τὸ κατασκευάζειν τι τεχνηέντως, εὐμήχανος, ἐπινοητικός, εὐπάλαμον μέριμναν Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1531· ἔρως Ὀρφ. Ὕμν. 57. 4· σοφίη Ἀνθ. Π. παράρτ. 55. 2) καλῶς ἐξειργασμένος, ἔντεχνος, ὕμνοι Κρατῖνος ἐν Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 530.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
à la main habile, industrieux.
Étymologie: εὖ, παλάμη.
