Constantius

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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)

Constantĭus: ii, m.,
I the name of a Roman emperor who reigned from 292 A. D. to 306 A. D., Eutr. 10, 6 sqq.; Lact. Mort. Pers. 15, 6; Aur. Vict. Caes. 40.—Hence, the adjj.: Constantĭăcus, a, um: legiones, Amm. 21, 11, 2: Constantĭānus, a, um: thalamus, id. 22, 3, 12; and Constantĭ-ensis, e, of or pertaining to Constantius: bellum, Sext. Ruf. Brev. 27.