πίσσανθος

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: πίσσανθος	Medium diacritics: πίσσανθος	Low diacritics: πίσσανθος	Capitals: ΠΙΣΣΑΝΘΟΣ
Transliteration A: píssanthos	Transliteration B: pissanthos	Transliteration C: pissanthos	Beta Code: pi/ssanqos

English (LSJ)

εος, τό,

A the oily fluid that rises to the surface when the raw pitch is left to stand, Gal.11.520.

[Seite 619] τό, der dünne, obenauf schwimmende Theil des flüssigen Pechs, flos picis, auch πισσέλαιον u. ὄῤῥος πίσσης, Galen. u. a. Sp.