ἐκδημία
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 going or being abroad, E.Fr.768: pl., Id.Hyps.Fr.5(3).15 (prob.); ἐ. πολιτικαί (opp. κατὰ πόλεμον καὶ στρατείας ἀποδημίαι) public missions, Pl.Lg.950e. 2 exile, ib.869e. 3 metaph., departure from life, AP3.5 (lemma).
German (Pape)
[Seite 756] ἡ, das Verreisen, der Aufenthalt in der Fremde, Eur. bei B. A. 93; Plat. Legg. XII, 950 e; das Exil, IX, 869 e; Sp.; die Auswanderung, τῆς χώρας, aus dem Lande, D. Sic. 1, 82. – Bei Sp. der Hingang, d. i. das Sterben.
