λιστός

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν 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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English (LSJ)

ή, όν, (λίσσομαι)

   A to be moved by prayer, Il.9.497 (as quoted in Pl.R.364d): elsewh. only in compds. ἄλλιστος, τρίλλιστος.