ὀκταετηρίς
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)
ίδος, ἡ,
A cycle of eight years, used at Athens before Meton's time for bringing the lunar and solar years together, 3 months being intercalated to complete the sum of 2,922 days, Eudox.Ars 13.12, Str.7.5.5, Gem.8.27 sqq., Placit. 2.32.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 317] ίδος, ἡ, Zeitraum von acht Jahren, Plut. plac. phil. 2, 32.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀκταετηρίς: -ίδος, ἡ, κύκλος ὀκτὼ ἐτῶν, ἐν χρήσει παρ’ Ἀθηναίοις πρὸ τῶν χρόνων τοῦ Μέτωνος πρὸς συμβιβασμὸν τοῦ σεληνιακοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἡλιακοῦ ἔτους, παρεμβαλλομένων τριῶν μηνῶν εἰς συμπλήρωσιν κύκλου ἡμερῶν 2922, Πλούτ. 2. 892Β.
