summary
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
adjective
acting on one's own authority: Ar. and P. αὐτοκράτωρ.
summary arrest, subs.: P. ἀπαγωγή, ἡ.
