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)
fictē: adv., v. fingo,
I P. a. fin.
fictē¹⁵ (fictus), d’une manière artificieuse, en apparence : Cic. Q. 1, 1, 13 ; Fam. 3, 12, 4.
