εἱλικτός
From LSJ
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)
εἱλικτή, εἱλικτόν, (εἱλίσσω) poet. and Ion. for ἑλικτός, f.l. E.Ion40; of flames, enveloping, Ps.-Democr.Alch.p.50 B.
German (Pape)
Russian (Dvoretsky)
εἱλικτός: Eur. = ἑλικτός.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εἱλικτός: -ή, -όν, (εἱλίσσω) ποιητ. καὶ Ἰων. ἀντὶ ἑλικτός, ἐσφαλμ. γραφ. ἐν Εὐρ. Ἴωνι 40.
