ταλασία
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 wool-spinning, = ταλασιουργία, Pl.Lg.805e, X.Mem.3.9.11, Oec.7.41, Ph.2.328 (pl.), Plu.Rom.15, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1065] ἡ, das Wollespinnen, die Wollspinnerei; Plat. Legg. VII, 805 e; Xen. Mem. 3, 9, 11 (s. ταλασιουργία); wahrscheinlich mit τάλαντον zusammenhangend, weil die Wolle zum Spinnen den Arbeitern zugewogen wurde; Andere denken an τάλαρος.
