Meaning of potius | Babel Free

Definitions

1. rather, preferably
   not-comparable
2. rather than
   not-comparable
3. instead
   not-comparable
4. or rather, or I may better say
   not-comparable

Examples

“[…] ; sed tibi si viginti minae argenti proferentur, quo nos vocabis nomine? — Libertos. — Non patronos? — Id potius.”

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“Lepida es. Sed scin quid volŏ potius sodes facias?”

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“Nec vero imperia expetenda ac potius aut non accipienda interdum aut deponenda non numquam.”

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“In hac habitasse platea dictumst Chrysidem, quae sese inhoneste optavit parere hic ditias”

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“Tantum prōfēcī tum, cum tē ā cōnsulātū reppulī: ut exsul potius temptāre quam cōnsul vexāre rem pūblicam possēs, atque ut id, quod esset ā tē scelerātē susceptum, latrōcinium potius quam bellum nōminārētur.”

I accomplished this much, then, when I blocked you from the consulship: that you should attempt your harm as an exile rather than inflict it on the republic as consul, and that what you wickedly undertook should be called banditry rather than war.

“ut potius in silvis Gallorum vita quam legionarius miles periclitetur”

that the life of Gauls might be hazarded in the woods rather than that of legionaries

“[…] ut potius acie decernerent, quam inclusi de tectis moenibusque dimicarent.”

[…] that they might combat in the field of battle rather than be shut up and fight from their roofs and city walls.

“Quīn potius pācem aeternam pactōsque hymenaeōs / exercēmus?”

[Juno says to Venus:] “Instead, why don’t we pursue an enduring peace, and arrange marriage [for Dido and Aeneas]?”

“[…] ; efficiet enim ratio ut, quaecumque vera sit earum sententiarum quas eui, mors aut malum non sit aut sit bonum potius.”

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“Quam fuit imbecillus P. Africani filius, is qui te adoptavit, quam tenui aut nulla potius valetudine!”

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