δουροδόκος
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)
ὁ,
A one of the principal beams of the roof, Harp. s.v. στρωτήρ, EM 731.10.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δουροδόκος: ὁ, μία τῶν κυριωτάτων δοκῶν τῆς ὀροφῆς, «τὸ ξύλον τὸ ὑποδεχόμενον τῆς οἰκίας τὸν ὄροφον» Ἁρποκρ., Σουΐδ.· ἴδε Müller Archäol. d. Kunst § 283.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ
• Alolema(s): δορο- Sud.s.u. στρωτήρ, EM 731.10G.
viga τὰ μικρὰ δοκίδια τὰ ἐπάνω τῶν δουροδόκων τιθέμενα στρωτῆρας ἔλεγον Did.CP p.320, Sud.l.c., EM l.c.
