δωροκοπέω

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν 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)

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Transliteration A: dōrokopéō Transliteration B: dōrokopeō Transliteration C: dorokopeo Beta Code: dwrokope/w

English (LSJ)

   A bribe, LXX.Si.32(35).12:—Pass., ib.3 Ma. 4.19.

German (Pape)

[Seite 695] bestechen, LXX.