θοάς
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)
άδος, ἡ, fem. Adj.
A fleet, swift, prob. in Pi.Fr.107.7.
English (Slater)
θοάς f. adj.,
1 swift ἀλλά σε πρὸς Διός, ἱπποσόα θοάς, ἱκετεύω (sc. ἀκτὶς ἀελίου) (Pae. 9.7)
Greek Monolingual
θοάς, -άδος, ἡ (Α) (αμφβλ. γρφ. στον Πίνδ.) αυτή που σπεύδει, η γρήγορη.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. θηλ. του θοός < θέω].
