comparco
From LSJ
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν 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)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
com-parco: (conp-) or comperco (Sol. 22, 17), parsi or persi, 3, v. a.,
I to save, husband well, lay up (ante- and post-class.).
I Prop.: quod ille compersit miser, Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 10: cibum, Fronto, Laud. Neglig. 2, p. 371; Pacat. Pan. Theod. 32 fin.—
II Trop., to abstain, forbear; with inf.: conperce, amabo, me attrectare, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 137; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 60, 5 Müll.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
comparcō ou -percō, sī, ĕre, tr., mettre de côté, épargner : Ter. Phorm. 44
