ἐπάξω

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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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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπάξω: Δωρ. ἀντὶ ἐπήξω, β΄ ἑνικ. πρόσωπ. τοῦ Μέσ. ἀορ. α΄ τοῦ πήγνυμι, Θεόκρ. 4. 28, ἔνθα νῦν αἱ ἄρισται ἐκδόσεις ἔχουσιν ἐπάξα κατὰ τὸν Σχολ. λέγοντα: «τὸ δεύτερον πρόσωπον τοῦ α΄ μέσου ἀορίστου οἱ Συρακόσιοι διὰ τοῦ α προφέρονται».

French (Bailly abrégé)

v. ἐπάγω.