πατριάζω
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)
take after one's father, Poll.3.10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 535] nach dem Vater arten, nach ihm schlachten, des Vaters Wesen od. Sitten haben, patrisare, τὸ πράττειν τι ἐκ τῶν πατρίων ἐθῶν, Poll. 3, 10 u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πατριάζω: (πατὴρ) ὁμοιάζω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου, πράττω τι ὡς αὐτός, μιμοῦμαι τὸν πατέρα, Λατ. patrissare, «καὶ πατριάζειν δέ τι ἔλεγον Ἀθηναῖοι, τὸ πράττειν τι ἐκ τῶν πατρίων ἐθῶν» Πολυδ. Γ΄, 10, Κύριλλ.· πρβλ. πατρώζω.
Greek Monolingual
Α πατήρ, -τρός]
1. (κατά τον Πολυδ.) «πατριάζειν δὲ τι ἔλεγον οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι τὸ πράττειν τι ἐκ τῶν πατρίων ἐθῶν»
2. μοιάζω με τον πατέρα μου, μιμούμαι τον πατέρα μου, κάνω κάτι όπως αυτός.
