οἴησις
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)
εως, ἡ, (οἴομαι)
A = δόξα, opinion, notion, Pl.Phd.92a, Phdr. 244c, Arist.Po.1461b3 ; esp. false or vague notion, opp. σαφῶς εἰδέναι, Id.Rh.Al.1431a40, cf. Zeno Stoic.1.20, etc. II = οἴημα, selfconceit, Heraclit.46, E.Fr.643, Bion ap.D.L.4.50, Ph.1.53, al., Chor. in Rh.Mus.49.512 ; οἴ. καὶ ὑπερηφανία Phld.Vit.p.29J.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
οἴησις: -εως, ἡ, (οἴομαι) = δόξα, γνώμη, «ἰδέα», Πλάτ. Φαίδων 92Α, Φαῖδρ. 244C ἰδίως ἐσφαλμένη γνώμη, πιθ. γραφὴ ἐν Ὑπερείδ. ὑπὲρ Λυκόφρ. 8˙ ἀντίθετ. πρὸς τὸ σαφῶς εἰδέναι Ἀριστ. Ρητ. πρ. Ἀλέξ. 15, 4. ΙΙ. οἴημα, ὑπερηφανία, ἀλαζονεία, ἔπαρσις, Εὐρ. Ἀποσπ. 644, Ἡράκλειτ. παρὰ Διογ. Λ. 9. 7, Βίων αὐτόθι 4. 50˙ ἴδε Wytt. εἰς Πλούτ. 2. 39D.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
1 pensée, opinion;
2 haute opinion de soi-même, présomption.
Étymologie: οἴομαι.
