ἰδιοθάνατος
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)
[θᾰ], ον, A dying a natural death (cf. ἴδιος 1.6b), Vett.Val.19.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1236] ὁ, der eigene Tod, Sp.
Greek Monolingual
ἰδιοθάνατος, -ον (Α)
αυτός που πεθαίνει από φυσικό θάνατο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ιδιο- + -θάνατος (< θάνατος), πρβλ. ετοιμο-θάνατος, μελλο-θάνατος.
