rather

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adverb

P. and V. μᾶλλον.

I had rather (with infin.): P. and V. βούλομαι μᾶλλον, or V. βούλομαι alone (Eur., Andromache 351).

somewhat: with adj. and adv., use comparative.

rather weak: P. and V. ἀσθενέστερος.

nay rather: P. and V. μὲν οὖν.

let someone come forward and prove to me or rather to you that I am not speaking the truth: P. παρελθών τις ἐμοί, μᾶλλον δὲ ὑμῖν δειξάτω ὡς οὐκ ἀληθῆ ταῦτ' ἐγὼ λέγω (Dem. 20).