postumo

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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)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

postŭmo: āre, v. n. postumus,
I to come after, be inferior (eccl. Lat.): alicui, Tert. Apol. 19: omnis consummatio, etsi ordine postumat, effectu tamen anticipat, id. Res. Carn. 45.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

postŭmō, āre (postumus), intr., être postérieur à (alicui) : Tert. Apol. 19.