κλιμακηδόν

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν 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)

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Full diacritics: κλῑμᾰκηδόν Medium diacritics: κλιμακηδόν Low diacritics: κλιμακηδόν Capitals: ΚΛΙΜΑΚΗΔΟΝ
Transliteration A: klimakēdón Transliteration B: klimakēdon Transliteration C: klimakidon Beta Code: klimakhdo/n

English (LSJ)

Adv., (κλῖμαξ) like a ladder or stairs, A.D.Adv.197.19: wrongly written κλημακιδόν in Hsch. s.v. προκρόσσας.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1453] stufenweis, auch = nach Art einer Treppe, Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κλῑμᾰκηδόν: Ἐπιρρ. (κλῖμαξ) δίκην κλίμακος, Συνέσ. 48C, Βασίλ., κτλ.· παρ’ Ἡσυχ. ἐν λέξ. προκρόσσας.

Greek Monolingual

(AM κλιμακηδόν)
επίρρ. κατά κλιμακωτό τρόπο, βαθμηδόν («ὁδόν παρεσκευάσατο καὶ κλιμακηδὸν ἄνεισιν», Συνέσ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κλῖμαξ, -ακος + επιρρμ. κατάλ. -ηδόν, που δηλώνει τρόπο (πρβλ. βαθμηηδόν, σωρηδόν)].