ἔφιππος
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 on horseback, riding, Eup.27; ἔ. εἰς τὸν τόπον ἠνέχθη Plu.2.306f; ἔ. ὄντες, opp. ὁπλιτεύοντες, Lys.14.10 (as v.l.); ἀνδριὰς ἔ. an equestrian statue, Plu.Publ.19; ἔ. εἰκὼν χαλκῆ Id.Fab.22 (so, with εἰκών omitted, PSI 3.204.6 (ii A.D.)); βίος Philostr.Her.19.19. 2 κλύδων ἔ. a rushing wave of horses, S.El.733.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1119] zu Pferde, beritten, Xen. Cyr. 4, 2, 1, v. l. εὔιππος; = ἱππεύων, Lys. 14, 10; κλύδων' ἔφιππον Soph. El. 723, Getümmel, Verwirrung der Wagen u. Rosse; Plut. u. a. Sp., ἀνδριάς Plut. Popl. 19, wie εἰκών Fab. 22, Reiterstatue; – τὸ ἔφιππον, = ἐφίππιον, D. C. 63, 13.
