συμπνιγής
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)
ές, A choking by pressure, περίστασις D.S.3.51.
German (Pape)
[Seite 988] ές, durch Zusammendrücken erstickend, D. Sic. 3, 51.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
συμπνῐγής: -ές, ὁ συμπνίγων, πνιγηρός, Διόδ. 3. 51.
Greek Monolingual
Russian (Dvoretsky)
συμπνῑγής: удушливый (περίστασις Diod.).
