Πιτανάτης

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)

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ὁ) :
de Pitanè, en Laconie ; Πιτανάτης λόχος bataillon de Pitanè, dans l'armée lacédémonienne.
Étymologie: Πιτάνη².

Πῐτᾰνάτης: ου (νᾱ) adj. m питанский (λόχος Thuc.).
ου ὁ житель города Питаны (в Лаконии) Her., Thuc.