κλίσις
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)
[ῐ], εως, ἡ, (kli/nw)
A bending, inclination, τραχήλου Plu.Pyrrh. 8; sinking of the sun, D.P.1095; ἀκτίνων ἰθεῖαν κ. Id.585; bend of a river or tunnel, Agatharch.23, 25. II lying down, ἄρθρων E.Tr. 114 (anap.); place for lying on, μαλακὴ κ. ὕπνον ἑλέσθαι Opp.H.1.25. 2 = κλισία IV, Hp.Epid.7.77: pl., Ruf.Ren.Ves.1. III turning, of soldiers, ἐπὶ δόρυ ποιεῖσθαι τὴν κ. to the right, ἐφ' ἡνίαν (or ἐπ' ἀσπίδα Ael.Tact.32) to the left, Plb.3.115.10, 10.23.2, etc.; expld. as ἡ κατ' ἄνδρα κίνησις Ascl.Tact.10.2. IV region, dime, D.P. 615. V inflexion of nouns and verbs, D.T.632.8 (pl.), A.D.Pron. 12.14, al.; αἱ κατὰ πρόσωπον κ. Id.Synt.130.16. b augment, EM 23.53.
