μεταπορεύομαι
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 go after, follow up, ἔχθραν Lys.31.2; pursue, punish, τοὺς ἀποστήσαντας Plb.1.88.9; ἀσέβειαν Id.2.58.11, cf. J.AJ6.13.4. 2 seek after, canvass for, ἀρχήν Plb.10.4.2, cf. Πολέμων 1.30 (Demetrias). 3 change, βουλήν, ἤθη, Procop.Goth.4.34, Aed.6.2; ῥεῖθρον, of a river, ib.2.10. II go from one place to another, migrate, Pl.Lg.904c, PPetr.3p.129 (iii B.C.), PRev.Laws 44.10 (iii B.C.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 152] Dep. pass., 1) sich von einem Orte weg nach einem andern hinbegeben, Plat. Legg. X, 904 c. – 2) nachgehen, τὴν ἀρχήν, ambire, sich um das Amt bewerben, Pol. 10, 4, 2; bes. feindlich verfolgen, nachsetzen, rächen, ἔχθραν μεταπορευόμενος, Lys. 31, 2; τὰ ἀδικήματα, τὴν ἀσέβειαν, Pol. 2, 8, 10. 58, 11 u. öfter; auch mit dem acc. der Person, bestrafen, 1, 88, 9.
