bumper
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)
substantive
Ar. and V. ἄμυστις, ἡ (Eur., Rhesus and Cycl.).
drink a bumper, v.: V. ἀμυστίζειν (Eur., Cyclops 565).
pledging many a bumper: V. πυκνὴν ἄμυστιν… δεξιούμενοι (Eur., Rhesus 419).
