confindo

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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

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

con-findo: ĕre,
I v. a., to cleave asunder, divide: tellurem ferro, Tib. 4, 1, 173.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cōnfindō, fĭdī, fissum, ĕre, tr., fendre : tellurem ferro confindere *Tib. 4, 1, 173, fendre le sol avec la charrue, cf. N. Tir. 74.

Latin > German (Georges)

cōn-findo, ere, zerspalten, Tibull. 4, 1, 173.

Latin > English

confindo confindere, confidi, confissus V TRANS :: split, cleave; divide, cleave asunder (L+S)