ἔπλεο

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν 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)

Source

French (Bailly abrégé)

2ᵉ sg. sync. impf. Moy. épq. de πέλω.

English (Autenrieth)

see πέλομαι.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἔπλεο: эп. (syncop. = ἐπέλεο) 2 л. sing. aor. med. к πέλω.