single
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)
adjective
alone: P. and V. μόνος, V. μοῦνος, οἶος.
aa opposed to double; P. and V. ἁπλοῦς.
in single file: P. ἐφ' ἑνός (Xen.).
the Athenians having their ships arranged in single file: P. οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι κατὰ μίαν ναῦν τεταγμένοι (Thuc. 2, 84).
unmarried (of the man): P. and V. ἄγαμος, V. ἄζυξ.
an unmarried youth: P. and V. ᾔθεος, ὁ (Plato).
of the woman; P. and V. ἄνανδρος (Plato), V. ἄζυξ.
unmarried maiden: P. and V. παρθένος, ἡ (Plato); see virgin.
verb transitive
single out: P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖν (or mid.), ἐκκρίνειν, προκρίνειν; see choose.
singled out, chosen: P. and V. ἐξαίρετος, ἔκκριτος, P. ἀπόλεκτος, ἐκλεκτός, V. κριτός, λεκτός.
