ἀνηκουστέω
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 to be unwilling to hear, disobey, c. gen., οὐδ' ἄρα πατρὸς ἀνηκούστησε Il.15.236; τῶν πατρὸς λόγων A.Pr.40; τῶν νόμων Th.1.84: c. dat., ἀ. τοῖσι στρατηγοῖσι Hdt.6.14: also abs., 1.115, Aen.Tact.10.3.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνηκουστέω: μέλλ. -ήσω, δὲν θέλω νὰ ἀκούσω, παρακούω, μετὰ γεν., οὐδ’ ἄρα πατρὸς ἀνηκούστησεν Ἰλ. Ο. 236, ΙΙ. 676· τῶν πατρὸς λόγων Αἰσχύλ. Προμ. 40· τῶν νόμων Θουκ. 1. 84: - μετὰ δοτ., ἀν. τοῖσι στρατηγοῖσι Ἡρόδ. 6. 14: ὡσαύτως ἀπολ., 1. 115· πρβλ. τὸν ποιητ. τύπον νηκουστέω.
