μῶκος

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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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Transliteration A: mō̂kos Transliteration B: mōkos Transliteration C: mokos Beta Code: mw=kos

English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A mockery, Anon. ap. Ath.5.187a, Simp.in Epict.p.58 D.(pl.); cj. in Epich.148.