πολλαχῆ
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)
A Adv. in many places, δεδήλωται Democr.10; opp. οὐδαμῇ, X.An.7.3.12.
II in divers manners, A.Supp.468; πολλὰ π. S.OC1626; τῇ τε ἄλλῃ π. καὶ δὴ καὶ… Hdt.6.21, cf. Th.8.87; π. καὶ ἄλλῃ Pl.Tht.179c, etc.; πολλάκις καὶ π. Id.R.538d; for many reasons, Hdt.1.42.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πολλᾰχῆ: Ἐπίρρ., πολλάκις, συχνάκις, Ἡρόδ. 1. 42., 6. 21. ἀντίθετ. τῷ οὐδαμῆ, Ξεν. Ἀν. 7. 3, 12. ΙΙ. κατὰ πολλοὺς τρόπους, ποικίλως, πολυτρόπως, Αἰσχύλ. Ἱκέτ. 468· πολλὰ πολλαχῇ Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 1626· τῇ τε ἄλλῃ π., καὶ δὴ καί... Ἡρόδ. 6. 21· πρβλ. Θουκ. 8. 87· π. ἄλλῃ Πλάτ. Θεαίτ. 179C, κτλ.· πολλάκις καὶ π. ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Πολ. 538D.
Middle Liddell
I. many times, often, Hdt., Xen.
II. in divers manners, Hdt., Soph., etc.
