μητρῳακός
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)
ή, όν,
A = μητρῷος 11, ἁγιστεῖαι Marin.Procl.19; μ. μέτρον, of the galliambic, Heph. 12.
German (Pape)
[Seite 180] = μητρῷος, bes. aber die Kybele, die große Mutter der Götter betreffend, Suid. u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μητρῳακός: -ή, -όν, = μητρῷος, ΙΙ, ὄνομα συγγράμματος Πρόκλου τοῦ Λυκίου, Μαρῖν. ἐν Βίῳ Πρόκλ. 33, «ἔγραψε... καὶ μητρῳακὴν βίβλον (ἔστι δὲ περὶ τὸν θεὸν θεολογία)» Εὐδοκία Μακρεμ. 366.
