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)
-α, -ο (Μ ὀνυχιαῖος, -α, -ον)
1. αυτός που έχει τις διαστάσεις ενός νυχιού, ελάχιστος
2. (κατ' επέκτ.) (για πρόσ.) ανάξιος λόγου, ασήμαντος, τιποτένιος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὄνυξ, -υχος (Ι) + κατάλ. -ιαῖος (πρβλ. μηριαίος)].