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: κίσσησις | Medium diacritics: κίσσησις | Low diacritics: κίσσησις | Capitals: ΚΙΣΣΗΣΙΣ |
| Transliteration A: kíssēsis | Transliteration B: kissēsis | Transliteration C: kissisis | Beta Code: ki/sshsis |
-εως, ἡ, = κίσσα ΙΙ, Gal.19.455.
κίσσησις, απ. τ. κίττησις, ἡ (Α) [[[κισσώ]] (Ι)]
1. η ιδιομορφία της όρεξης τών εγκύων, κίσσα
2. μτφ. σύλληψη, γέννηση («ποῦ ἡ κίσσησις τῆς φαντασιολογίας», Επιφάν.).
