ἀναδρέπω
From LSJ
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)
A break off, pluck, Nonn.D.9.120:—Med., cull, ῥητορικοὺς λόγους ἀναδρέψασθαι Them.Or.27.332d.
German (Pape)
[Seite 187] abpflücken, übertr., λόγους, Them.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀναδρέπω: δρέπω, Νόνν. Δ. 9. 120. - Μέσ., συλλέγω, ῥητορικοὺς λόγους ἀναδρέψασθαι Θεμίστ. 332D.
Spanish (DGE)
cortar, coger, ἄνθος Nonn.D.9.120, en v. med. GDRK 35.3.56
•fig. v. med. escoger, elegir τοὺς ῥητορικοὺς λόγους Them.Or.27.332d.
Greek Monolingual
ἀναδρέπω (ΑΜ)
1. δρέπω αχόρταγα ή απλώς δρέπω
2. συλλέγω.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἀνα-
+ δρέπω.
