δεκαμναίος

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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)

Greek Monolingual

δεκαμναίος, -α, -ον (Α)
αυτός που έχει βάρος ή αξία δέκα μνων.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < δέκα + μναίος < μνα «ποσό εκατό δραχμών»].

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