ἑκατέρωθεν
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)
Adv.
A on each side, on either hand, Hdt.3.102, Th.2.75 : c. gen., ἑ. τῆς πόλεως Id.3.6 ; τὸ ἑ. μέρος Pl.Phd.112e ; at each end, Gp.5.27.4. 2 on both sides, by father and mother, Poll.8.85.
German (Pape)
[Seite 752] von jeder von beiden Seiten her, von beiden Seiten her, so daß sie einzeln gedacht werden; Thuc. 2, 75; τῆς πόλεως 3, 6; Xen. Cyr. 3, 3, 9; τὸ ἑκ. μέρος Plat. Phaed. 112 e.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἑκᾰτέρωθεν: ἐπίρρ., ἐξ ἑκατέρου μέρους, ὡς τὸ ποιητ. ἑκάτερθεν, Ἡρόδ. 3. 102, Θουκ. 2. 75· μετὰ γεν., ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ὁ αὐτ. 3. 6· τὸ ἑκ. μέρος Πλάτ. Φαίδων 112Ε. 2) ἐξ ἑκατέρου μέρους, δηλ. καὶ πρὸς πατρὸς καὶ πρὸς μητρός, Ἀριστ. Ἀποσπ. 374.
