ἐπυθόμην

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν 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)

Source

French (Bailly abrégé)

v. πυνθάνομαι.

Greek Monotonic

ἐπῠθόμην: αόρ. βʹ του πυνθάνομαι.