μετεωροπόρος
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)
German (Pape)
[Seite 160] in der Höhe, in der Luft, hoch über der Erde wandelnd, auch übertr., der sich mit seinen Gedanken zu hoch versteigt, Sp.
