θελημός
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 (LSJ)
όν, A willing, Emp.35.6. 2 kindly, ἄλσος B.16.85; glossed by ἥσυχος, Phot.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
θελημός: -όν, = θελεμός, ἥσυχος, πόντιον τέ νιν δέξατο θελημὸν ἄλσος Βακχυλ. 16. 85.
Greek Monolingual
θελημός, -όν (Α) θέλω
1. αυτός που θέλει, αυτός που δέχεται, ο πρόθυμος
2. ωραίος, θελκτικός («θελημόν ἄλσος», Βακχυλ.)
3. (κατά τον Φώτ.) «θελημός
ἀντὶ τοῦ ἥσυχος».
