καταπειλέω

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)

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Full diacritics: κατᾰπειλέω	Medium diacritics: καταπειλέω	Low diacritics: καταπειλέω	Capitals: ΚΑΤΑΠΕΙΛΕΩ
Transliteration A: katapeiléō	Transliteration B: katapeileō	Transliteration C: katapeileo	Beta Code: katapeile/w

English (LSJ)

strengthd. for ἀπειλέω, κ. ἔπη

A use threatening words, S.OC659; ἀκραιφνεῖς τῶν κατηπειλημένων by the threats uttered, ib. 1147.

[Seite 1368] dagegen drohen, bedrohen; ἔπη, Drohworte ausstoßen, Soph. O. C. 665; τὰ κατηπειλημένα 1149; Sp., wie Eumath., auch im med.