κληρονομία
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)
ἡ,
A inheritance, Isoc.19.43, etc.; ἡ κ. κατὰ τὴν ἀγχιστείαν inheritance as heir-at-law, D.43.3; κ. μὴκατὰδόσιν, ἀλλὰκατὰ γένος Arist.Pol.1309a23: metaph., εἰλήφασι τὴν τοῦ ὀνόματος κ. αἱ σωματικαὶ ἡδοναί have taken possession of... Id.EN1153b33. 2 property, possession, ἀνέζευξεν ἕκαστος εἰς τὴν κ. αὐτοῦ LXX Ju.16.21(25), cf. 1 Ma.2.56, 6.24.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1451] ἡ, das Erben, die Erbschaft; ἡ κλ, κατὰ τὴν ἀγχιστείαν Dem. 43, 3; τὰς κληρονομίας μὴ κατὰ δόσιν εἶναι, ἀλλὰ κατὰ γένος Arist. pol. 5, 8; Sp., bes. LXX; auch übertr., Antheil, εἰλήφασί γε τὴν τοῦ ὀνόματος κληρονομίαν αἱ σωματικαὶ ἡδοναί Arist. Eth. 7, 13.
