optionatus

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)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

optĭōnātus: ūs, m. 2. optio,
I an adjutancy (ante-class.), Cato ap. Fest. p. 201 Müll.