φαιλόνης
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)
A = φαινόλης, 2 Ep.Ti.4.13 (wrongly expld. by γλωσσόκομον, εἰλητάριον μεμβράϊνον, Hsch.); written φελόνης in PFay.347 (ii A. D.), v.l. in 2 Ep.Ti. l.c.:—Dim. φαιλόνιον POxy.933.30 (ii A. D.); written φ[ε]λόνιον in PGen.80.14 (iv A. D.).
