proverto

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οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύgood is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prō-verto: (-vorto), no
I perf., sum, 3, v.a., to turn forwards (ante-class.): ut transversus, non proversus cedit, quasi cancer solet, turned forwards, i. e. straightforwards, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 81 Müll.: provorsum fulgur appellatur, quod ignoratur noc tu an interdiu sit factum, etc., Fest. p. 229 Müll.