μαστιγιάω
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)
Com. Desiderat. of μαστίζω,
A long for, i.e. deserve, a whipping, Eup.429.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μαστῑγιάω: κωμ. ἐφετ. τοῦ μαστίζω, ἐπιθυμῶ μαστίγωσιν, δηλ. εἶμαι ἄξιος μαστιγώσεως, Εὔπολ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 105· - παρ’ Ἡσυχ. μαστιγωτιάω, ἐν λ. σπαταλᾷς.