χοινικίς
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)
ίδος, ἡ,
A nave of a wheel, Id.18(2).479, Sch.E.Hipp.1234, Sch.Il.2.104. II a kind of trepan, Cels.8.3.1 (acc. written -εικίδα), Gal. 10.448, 19.126. III ring forming the stand for a crown, D.22.72, 24.180. IV = χοῖνιξ 11, App.BC4.30. V cave in a rocky shore, Str.12.3.11. VI box or socket for the hinge of a door, IG22.1672.201, 11(2).165.11, 287A102, al. (Delos, iii B. C.). VII axle-box, Hero Aut.11.2, Wilcken Chr.176.8 (i A. D.), cf. Hsch. s.v. χνόαι. VIII in torsion-engines, box or hub containing strands of gut, Ph.Bel.63.7, 60.3, Hero Bel.96.5. IX = χνόη 2, Hippiatr. 96.2, 117.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1362] ίδος, ἡ, = χοινίκη; χοινικίδες sind eiserne Reisen, auf welchen die Krone ruht, Dem. 22, 72, wie 24, 180 ὑπὸ τῶν στεφάνων ταῖς χοινικίσι κάτωθεν γεγραμμένα. – Bei Strab. 12, 3,11 Höhlen im felsigen Ufer. – Bei App. B. C. 4, 30 eine Art Fußeisen.
