reservation
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
condition, stipulation: P. and V. λόγοι, οἱ.
with the reservation that, on condition that: Ar. and P. ἐφ' ᾧτε (infin.), P. and V. ὥστε (infin.).
without reservation, honestly: P. and V. ἁπλῶς, P. ἀδόλως.
absolutely, entirely: P. and V. παντελῶς, πάντως.
I have spoken openly without reservation: P. οὐδὲν ὑποστειλάμενος πεπαρρησίασμαι (Dem. 54).
