κυρτεύς
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)
English (LSJ)
-έως, ὁ, one that fishes with the κύρτη, Herod.3.51, Opp.H.3.352:—also κυρτευτής, οῦ ὁ, AP6.230 (Maec.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1537] ὁ, Reusenfischer, Opp. Hal. 3, 352.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κυρτεύς: -έως, ὁ, ὁ ἁλιεύων διὰ τῆς κύρτης, Ὀππ. Ἁλ. 3. 352· ὡσαύτως κυρτευτής, οῦ, ὁ, Ἀνθ. Π. 6. 230.
Greek Monolingual
κυρτεύς, -έως, ὁ (Α)
αυτός που ψαρεύει με κύρτους, με ψαροκάλαθα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κύρτος, πιθ. μέσω ενός αμάρτυρου κυρτεύω].
