μεταλείπω

From LSJ

καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν 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)

Source

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μεταλείπω: καταλείπω, ἄλλοις μεταλείψας (νῦν καταλείψας) εἰς τρυφὴν τὴν οὐσίαν Φιλήμων ἐν Ἀδήλ. 7: ἴδε Λοβ. Φρύνιχ. 713 κἑξ.

Greek Monolingual

μεταλείπω (Α)
καταλείπω, αφήνω κάτι σε άλλον.