ναϊάς
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)
German (Pape)
[Seite 227] άδος, ἡ, die Najade, Fluß- od. Wassernymphe, gew. im plur. αἱ Ναϊάδες, Eur. u. folgde Dichter; auch in späterer Prosa. – Auch ναΐς, ναΐδος, Anyte, 10 (IX, 745), Alciphr. 3, 11.
Greek Monolingual
(I)
και ναΐς, η
1. βοτ. γένος μονοκότυλων φυτών.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αντιδάνεια λ., πρβλ. αγγλ. naias < νεολατ. Naiad - Naias < λατ. naias < Ναϊάς «νύμφη»].
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: Naiade
Other forms: ναίς, ion. νηϊάς, νηΐς
See also: s. νάω.
