λεπτόγεως

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)

German (Pape)

[Seite 30] ων, att. = λεπτόγειος; τὸ λ., der leichte Boden, Thuc. 1, 2; Strab. VI, 282; Luc. u. a. Sp.

ως, ων;
au sol maigre ; τὸ λεπτόγεων la maigreur ou l’aridité du sol.
Étymologie: λεπτός, γῆ.