ἀμύντης
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 defender, Phot. p.96 R., cf. Hdn.Gr.1.78.
Greek Monolingual
ἀμύντης, ο (ΑΜ)
αυτός που βοηθάει κάποιον σε κάτι, ο υπερασπιστής.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἀμύνω.
ΣΥΝΘ. αρχ. κηραμύντης «αυτός που αποκρούει τον μοχθηρό», επίθετο που αποδόθηκε στον Ηρακλή].
