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)
| Full diacritics: Ἀδωναία | Medium diacritics: Ἀδωναία | Low diacritics: Αδωναία | Capitals: ΑΔΩΝΑΙΑ |
| Transliteration A: Adōnaía | Transliteration B: Adōnaia | Transliteration C: Adonaia | Beta Code: *)adwnai/a |
ἡ, epithet of Aphrodite, Orph.A.30; cf. Ἀδω- νιάς.
Ἀδωναία: ἡ, ἐπώνυμον τῆς Ἀφροδίτης, Ὀρφ. Ἀργ. 30, πρβλ. Ἀδωνιάς.
