προεκκλύζω
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)
rinse out first, Gal.11.132, Androm. ap.eund.12.631, Apollon.ib.647.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
προεκκλύζω: ἐκπλύνω τι πρότερον, Γαλην. τ. 10, σ. 387.
Greek Monolingual
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ξεπλένω κάτι προηγουμένως.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < προ- + ἐκκλύζω «ξεπλένω, καθαρίζω με πλύσιμο»].
