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)
ἤρᾰτο: ἴδε ἐν λ. αἴρω.
3ᵉ sg. impf. de ἔραμαι;ao. Moy. de αἴρω.
see ἄρνυμαι.
