enervatus
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 > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēnervātus,¹⁴ a, um, part.-adj. de enervo, dont on a retiré les nerfs || [fig.] énervé, efféminé, faible, sans énergie : Cic. Sest. 24 ; enervata sententia Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, opinion lâche || subst. m., eunuque : Claud. Eutr. 1, 315 ; débauché : Ps. Aur. Vict. Epit. 10, 7.
