Kauen
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)
German > Latin
[2] Kauen, das, manducatio (Spät.); od. durch Umschr. mit mandere, manducare. – das K. der Worte, cum verbis suis colluctatio.
