Calchedon
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
See Chalcedon.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Calchēdon: v. Chalcedon.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Calchēdon¹⁵ (calcē-, chalcē-), ŏnis et ŏnos, ŏnem et ŏna, f., v. de Bithynie, sur le Bosphore, vis à vis de Byzance : Mela 1, 101 ; Plin. 5, 149 ; Liv. 42, 56 || -dŏna, æ, f., Amm. 22, 9, 3 || -dŏnĭus, a, um, de Chalcédoine : Cic. Br. 30, etc. ; -dŏnĭī, ōrum, m., Chalcédoniens : Tac. Ann. 2, 63 || -dŏnēnsis, e, de Chalcédoine : Cassiod. Hist. eccl. 7, 21 ; Cod. Th. 11, 16, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
Calchēdon (Calcēdon, Chalcēdon), onis u. onos, Akk. onem u. ona, f. (Καλχηδών), Stadt in Bithynien, an der Propontis u. am Eingange des Bosporus, Byzanz gegenüber, j. Dorf Kadikjo (bei den Türken) od. Chalkedon (bei den Griechen), Form Calch., Mela 1, 19, 5 (1. § 101). Liv. epit. 93. Plin. 5, 149 u. 150; 6, 217; 37, 73 (Jan u. Detl. überall Calchadon): urspr. Form Chalcedon (Χαλκηδών), Sall. hist. fr. 4, 61 (13). Amm. 26, 6, 4. Lucan. 9, 959. Claud. IV. cons. Hon. 177. – Nbf. Chalcēdona, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 3, u. Calcēdonia, ae, f., Itin. Anton. 139, 2. – Dav.: A) Calchēdonius (Chalcēdonius), a, um (Χαλκηδόνιος), kalchedonisch, aus Kalchedon, Thrasymachus Calch., Cic.: smaragdus Calch., faseriger Malachit od. Atlaserz, Plin. (ders. subst. bl. Calchedonius u. von smaragdus geschieden, Vulg. apoc. 21, 19: u. chalcedon gen., Prud. psych. 857): Plur. subst., Chalcēdoniī, ōrum, m., die Einw. von Chalkedon, die Chalkedonier, Tac. ann. 12, 63. – B) Chalcēdonēnsis, e, von Chalkedon, chalkedonisch, urbs, Chalkedon, Casiod. hist. eccl. 7, 21: Plur. subst., Chalcēdonēnsēs, ium, m., die Einw. von Chalkedon, die Chalkedonier, ibid.
