προμέτρης
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)
ου, ὁ, = Lat.
A mensor, campsurveyor, Lyd.Mag.1.46. II title of magistrate at Ephesus, CIG 3028.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
προμέτρης: ὁ, = τῷ ἑπομ., Ἐπιγραφ. Ἐφέσου CIG. 3028.
