stave off
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 > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)
ἀπέχειν, ἀποτρέπειν, ἀποστρέφειν, ἀπωθεῖν
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