κινώπετον
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)
τό,
A venomous beast, esp. serpent, Call.Jov.25, Nic.Th. 27, 195:—also κῐνωπ-ηστής, οῦ, ὁ, ib.141.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1441] τό; von κινέω, wie ἑρπετόν von ἕρπω; vgl. auch κνώψ; nach den Alten für κινώπεδα, παρὰ τὸ ἐν τῷ πέδῳ, τῷ ἐδάφει κινεῖσθαι, wilde, gefährliche Thiere, bes. Schlangen u. anderes giftiges Gewürm; Callim. Iov. 25; Nic. Ther. 26. 195.
