ριζίς

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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)

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-ίδος, ή, Α
(ποιητ. τ.) η ρίζα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ῥίζα + επίθημα -ίς, -ίδος (πρβλ. θαμνίς)].

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