μελλοπρύτανις
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)
[ῠ], εως, ὁ, pru/tanis-designate, POxy.1414.24 (iii A. D.), 2110.13 (iv A. D.).
Greek Monolingual
μελλοπρύτανις, -εως, ὁ (Α)
αυτός που πρόκειται να γίνει πρύτανης.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μέλλω + πρύτανις.
