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)
(2) Dĭēs,¹⁶ ēī, m. f.,
1 m., le Jour : Pl. Bacch. 255
2 f. a) fille du Chaos, mère du ciel et de la terre : Hyg. Fab. præf. ; b) mère de la première Vénus : Cic. Nat. 3, 59.