ἀλωή
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)
[ᾰ], Dor. ἀλωά, ἡ, (ἀλέωA, cf. Att. ἅλως) poet.: I threshing-floor, ἱερὰς κατ' ἀλωάς Il.5.499; μεγάλην κατ' ἀλωήν, ἐϋκτιμένῃ ἐν ἀλωῇ, 13.588, 20.496, cf. Hes.Op.597. II more commonly, any prepared ground (cf. Sch.Od.1.193), garden, orchard, vineyard, etc., Il.5.90, Od.6.293, etc.: Ποσειδάωνος ἀ., i.e. sea, Opp. H.1.797. III halo, of sun or moon, Arat.811,875.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀλωή: [ᾰ], Δωρ. ἀλωά, ἡ, (ἀλέω, πρβλ. τὸ Ἀττ. ἅλως): λέξις ποιητ. 1) ἁλώνιον, ἱερὰς κατ’ ἀλωάς, Ἰλ. Ε. 499· μεγάλην κατ’ ἀλωήν, ἐϋκτιμένην κατ’ ἀλωήν, Ν. 588, Υ. 496, Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 597. ΙΙ. κῆπος, φυτεία, ἄμπελος, κτλ., Ἰλ. Ε. 90, Ὀδ. Ζ. 293, κτλ., ἴδε ἐν λ. γουνός: - Ποσειδάωνος ἀλοή, δηλ. ἡ θάλασσα, τὸ τοῦ Κικέρωνος Neptunia prata, Ὀππ. Ἁλ. 1. 797: πρβλ. ἄλσος. ΙΙΙ. ὁ φωτεινὸς κύκλος ὁ πέριξ τοῦ ἡλίου ἢ τῆς σελήνης σχηματιζόμενος, «τὸ ἁλῶνι.» Ἄρατ. 810.
