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)
| Full diacritics: μελίκηρᾰ | Medium diacritics: μελίκηρα | Low diacritics: μελίκηρα | Capitals: ΜΕΛΙΚΗΡΑ |
| Transliteration A: melíkēra | Transliteration B: melikēra | Transliteration C: melikira | Beta Code: meli/khra |
[ῐ], ἡ,
A spawn of the murex, as being like a honeycomb, Arist. HA546b19. 2 gloss on κοπρίων (v.l. for κηρίων), Gal.19.113. II = μελικηρίς II, Pherecr.25.
