praesagus
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)
prae-sāgus: a, um, adj.,
I foreboding, foretelling, divining, prophetic, presaging (poet. and in post - Aug. prose): praesaga mali mens, Verg. A. 10, 843: fulminis ignes, id. ib. 177: luctus suspiria, Ov. M. 2, 124: verba, id. ib. 3, 514: ars, Val. Fl. 5, 434: astra, Stat. Th. 8, 145: responsa, Tac. H. 2, 1: nares, Firm. Math. 8, 9: somnium praesagum futurorum, Vulg. Gen. 41, 11.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
præsāgus,¹⁴ a, um,
1 qui devine, qui pressent, qui prévoit : Virg. En. 10, 843 ; præsaga ars Val. Flacc. 5, 434, connaissance de l’avenir
2 qui présage [en parl. des choses] qui annonce, prophétique : Virg. En. 10, 177
