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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)
ulmĭtrĭba: ae, m. vox hibrida, from ulmus and τρίβω>, tero, an elm-rubber, i. e.
I one that wears out elms, is often beaten with elm-rods, a term of abuse, Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 7; cf. ulmus.