ποντιάς
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)
άδος, ἡ, poet. fem. of
A πόντιος, ἅλμα Pi.N.4.36; γέφυρα π., i.e. the Isthmus, Id.I.4(3).20; π. αὔρα E.Hec.444 (lyr.); χελώνη Crates Com.29.
German (Pape)
[Seite 681] άδος, ἡ, bes. p. fem. zu πόντιος; ἅλμα, Pind. N. 4, 36; γέφυρα, I. 3, 38, der Isthmus; αὔρα, Eur. Hec. 444; χελώνη, Crates bei Ath. III, 117 b.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ποντιάς: -άδος, ἡ, ποιητ. θηλ. τοῦ πόντιος, ἅλμα Πινδ. Ν. 4. 59· π. γέφυρα, δηλ. ὁ ἰσθμός, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ι. 4. 34· π. αὔρα Εὐρ. Ἑκάβ. 444· χελώνη Κράτης Κωμ. ἐν «Σαμίοις» 1.
French (Bailly abrégé)
άδος
adj. f.
de la mer, maritime.
Étymologie: πόντος.
