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πελελός

From LSJ

τὰν ἐπὶ τᾶς → Either with this or on this | Come back victorious or dead

Plutarch, Moralia, 241

Greek Monolingual

και πελός, -ή, -ό
τρελός, παλαβός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αρχ. ἀπολωλώς, μτχ. του ἀπόλλυμι (πρβλ. και λ. παλαβός)].