αὐτοφυΐα
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)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αὐτοφυΐα: ἡ, ἡ αὐτόματος ἀνάβλυσις, ἐπὶ πηγῆς, μνημονεύεται ἐκ τοῦ Λιβαν.
Spanish (DGE)
-ας, ἡ
condición natural, origen κριτέον δ' αὐτὰ (ὕδατα) ... πρὸς πλῆθος καὶ αὐτοφυΐαν Men.Rh.349.
