δειλανδρέω
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)
to be cowardly, LXX 2 Ma.8.13, 4 Ma.10.14.
Spanish (DGE)
• Morfología: [graf. aor. subj. δειλανδρείσῃς Ephr.Syr.3.393D]
acobardarse, flaquear οἱ δειλανδροῦντες καὶ ἀπιστοῦντες LXX 2Ma.8.13, cf. 4Ma.10.14, Mac.Aeg.Serm.B.50.4.8, μὴ ἄλλος σε πειρασμὸς λήψεται ... καὶ οὐχ ὑπομείνῃς ἀλλὰ δειλανδρήσῃς A.Paul.et Thecl.25, μὴ δειλανδρείσῃς παντελῶς Ephr.Syr.l.c., cf. Gr.Nyss.Ref.Eun.409.7.
German (Pape)
[Seite 536] feig sein, Ios.
