captatio
From LSJ
κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
captātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a reaching after or catching at something (rare): verborum, Cic. Part. Or. 23, 81: puerilis vocum similium, Quint. 8, 3, 57: testamenti, legacy-hunting, Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 160; Quint. 8, 6, 51.—
II In fencing, t. t., a feint, Quint. 5, 13, 54.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
captātĭō, ōnis, f. (capto), action de chercher à saisir, à surprendre : captatio verborum Cic. Part. 81, chicane de mots
