Καταρράκτης
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)
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
1 Katarrhaktès, fl. de Phrygie;
2 plur. οἱ Καταρράκται les Cataractes du Nil.
Étymologie: v. καταρράκτης.
