ποινάτωρ

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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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Transliteration A: poinátōr Transliteration B: poinatōr Transliteration C: poinator Beta Code: poina/twr

English (LSJ)

[ᾱ], ορος, ὁ, ἡ,

   A avenger, punisher, A.Ag.1281, E.El.23,268.

German (Pape)

[Seite 651] ορος, ὁ, Strafer, Rächer, Verfolger, Aesch. Ag. 1254 Eur. El. 23.