μειλιχίη
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)
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
1 mansuétude, particul. ménagements pour un ennemi dans un combat ; faiblesse, mollesse;
2 bienveillance, sentiments d’amitié.
Étymologie: μειλίχιος.
English (Autenrieth)
mildness, i. e. ‘feebleness,’ πολέμοιο, Il. 15.741†.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
μειλῐχίη: ἡ1) кротость, ласковость Hes.;
2) слабость, нерешительность, вялость: μ. πολέμοιο Hom. вялое ведение войны.
