σαυρωτήρ
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)
ῆρος, ὁ,
A ferrule or spike at the butt-end of a spear, by which it was stuck into the ground, Il.10.153, Hdt.7.41, Plb.6.25.6, 11.18.4, AP6.110 (Leon. or Mnasalc.), Sch.Th.Oxy.853 v 30.
German (Pape)
[Seite 865] ῆρος, ὁ, das untere Ende der Lanze, des Speerschaftes; Il. 10, 153; Her. 7, 41 (wofür Ath. XII, 514 στύρακες sagt); Pol. 6, 25, 6. 11, 18, 4; sonst οὐρίαχος; bes. eine Art von eiserner Spitze, die Lanze. damit in die Erde zu stecken, auch im Nothfall damit zu fechten; übh. Lanze, Speer, Leon. Tar. 32 (VI, 110).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σαυρωτήρ: -ῆρος, ὁ, σιδήριόν τι ἢ εἶδος αἰχμῆς εἰς τὸ κάτω ἄκρον τοῦ δόρατος, δι’ οὗ ἐστήνετο εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος, οὐρίαχος, στύραξ. Ἰλ. Κ. 153, Ἡρόδ. 7. 41· πρβλ. Πολύβ. 6. 25, 6., 11. 18, 4, Ἀνθ. Π. 6. 110. ΙΙ. ὁ τύπος σαυροβρῑθής μνημονευόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἡσυχ. δεικνύει ὅτι σαῦρος ἐσήμαινεν ὡσαύτως σαυρωτήρ.
