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ὀείγην

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὀείγην: τοὶς ναύοις (= οἴγειν, ἀνοίγειν τοὺς ναούς), Ἐπιγρ. Λέσβου, τῶν χρόνων τοῦ μεγ. Ἀλεξάνδρου, CIG 2166 καὶ προσθῆκ. σ. 1023. Πρβλ. καὶ Hicks, Greek historic. inscr. σ. 226.