νεκροτοκώ

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

(Α νεκροτοκῶ, -έω)
(για γυναίκα) γεννώ νεκρό βρέφος, αποβάλλω.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < νεκρ(ο)- + -τοκῶ (< -τοκος < τόκος < τίκτω «γεννώ»), πρβλ. θηλυτοκώ, μονοτοκώ].