ἀποσφενδονάω
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 hurl from or as from a sling, D.S.2.50, Luc.JTr. 33:—Pass., LXX 4 Ma.16.21, Plu.2.1062a.
German (Pape)
[Seite 329] od. ἀποσφενδονέω, wegschleudern, D. Sic. 2, 50; Plut. adv. St. 8; Luc. Iup. Trag. 33.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποσφενδονάω: (ἢ ἀποσφενδονέω), ῥίπτω τι μεθ’ ὁρμῆς μακρὰν ὡς διὰ σφενδόνης, τοῖς ποσὶ τοὺς ὑποπίπτοντας λίθους… ἀποσφενδονᾷ πρὸς τοὺς διώκοντας Διόδ. 2. 50, Λουκ. Ζεὺς Τραγ. 33.
Spanish (DGE)
lanzar con honda λίθους ... πρὸς τοὺς διώκοντας D.S.2.50
•fig. ἀποσφενδονῶντες ἀλλήλοις ... λοιδορούμενοι lanzándose insultos unos a otros Luc.ITr.33
•en v. med. arrojar τὴν δὲ θάλασσαν ἰχθῦς νεκροὺς ἀποσφενδονήσασθαι Euagr.Schol.HE 1.17, cf. en v. pas. LXX 4Ma.16.21, Plu.2.1062a.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀποσφενδονάω: бросать (словно) из пращи Diod., Luc., Plut.
