φλαδεῖν
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)
Frisk Etymology German
φλαδεῖν: {phladeĩn}
Grammar: Aor.
Meaning: nur in λακίδες ἔφλαδον die Fetzen zerkrachten, zerrissen (A. Ch. 28 [lyr.]).
Etymology : Ältere, abgelehnte Etymologien von φλαδεῖν bei WP. 2, 210. S. παφλάζω und φλάω.
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