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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)
ὁ, at Athens,
A chief official of a δῆμος, Ar. Nu.37, Lys.Fr.184S., D.50.6, Lexap.eund.43.58, Arist.Ath.21.5; also at Cos, Inscr.Cos 344,al.; at Chios, Schwyzer687C1. b at Naples, one of the chief magistrates of the city, Str.5.4.7; at Eretria, IG12(9).189.24(iv B. C.). 2 at Rome, = Lat. tribunus plebis, Plb. 6.12.2, D.H.6.89, Plu.Cor.7, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 561] ὁ, Beherrscher eines δῆμος, z. B. in Aegypten, Vorsteher eines Distrikts, Her. 3, 6. Bes. 1) in Athen, der Vorsteher eines δῆμος, nach Klisthenes (vorher ναύκραροι), Dem. 43, 57; über seine Geschäfte vgl. Harpocrat. Er trieb auch die Schulden der einzelnen Bürger an den δῆμος ein, u. pfändete aus, Ar. Nubb. 37. – 2) in Rom, Volkstribun, Plut., z. B. Coriol. 6 u. A.
