σηπεδών
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)
όνος, ἡ, (σήπομαι)
A decay, putrefaction, in animal bodies or wood, or even stone, Hp.Epid.3.4, Antipho Soph.15, Pl.Phd.110e, Thphr.CP6.1.5; σηπεδόνα λαβεῖν Pl.Phd.96b. 2 of live flesh, mortification, of two kinds, σ. χλωρή (v. σῆψις) when a humour discharges, and ξηρή when it is dry, Hp.Epid.5.4. II pl., putrid humours, Id.Aph.3.16 (sg. in 7.20), Plb. 1.81.7, Com.Adesp.344, etc. III a serpent whose bite causes putrefaction, Nic.Th.327, Ael. NA15.18.
