νεκρόψυχος
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)
ον, A spiritless, Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).139, Vett.Val.68.17.
Greek Monolingual
νεκρόψυχος, -ον (Α)
άθυμος, άψυχος δειλός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < νεκρ(ο)- + -ψυχος (< ψυχή), πρβλ. θνητό-ψυχος, ιερό-ψυχος].
