ταβέλλα
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)
ἡ, A writing tablet, note, PHamb.29.23 (i A.D.), POxy.273.7 (i A.D.); τ. ἐλευθερώσεως manumission-letter, Sammelb.5217.16 (ii A.D.), cf. BGU388i 11, 16 (ii/iii A.D.).
Greek Monolingual
ἡ, Α
1. πινακίδα γραφής
2. φρ. «ταβέλλα ἐλευθερώσεως» — γράμμα για την απελευθέρωση δούλου πάπ..
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < λατ. tabella «πινακίδα»].
