adverso

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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)

adverso: (archaic advor-), āre,
I verb. freq. adverto, to turn to a thing: animum advorsavi sedulo, ne, etc., Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

adversō (advorsō), āvī, āre (adverto), tr., diriger continuellement vers : animum Pl. Rud. 306, être très attentif.

Latin > German (Georges)

adverso (advorso), āvī, āre (Intens. v. adverto), ohne Unterlaß hinrichten, animum sedulo, ne etc., genau u. eifrig achthaben, Plaut. rud. 306.