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)
virgŭlātus: a, um, adj. virgula,
I striped (cf. virga, II. C., and virgatus, II.): concha, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103.
virgŭlātus, a, um, rayé, strié : Plin. 9, 103.