άλαλος

From LSJ

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)

Source

Greek Monolingual

-η, -ο (Α ἄλαλος, -ον)
αυτός που δεν μιλάει, άναυδος, άφωνος, βουβός, μουγγός
νεοελλ.
ανόητος, βλάκας, παλαβός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ < - στερητ. + λάλος < λαλῶ.
ΠΑΡ. αλαλία
νεοελλ.
αλαλιάζω, αλαλογώ, αλαλομάρα].