desperno
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
desperno despernere, desprevi, despretus V TRANS :: despise utterly/greatly/completely; disdain (L+S)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-sperno: ĕre,
I v. a., to despise greatly, disdain: opes, Col. poët. 10, 298.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēspernō, ĕre, tr.; rejeter avec mépris : Col. Rust. 10, 298 ; P. Fest. 72, 11.
Latin > German (Georges)
dē-sperno, ere, verschmähen, Col. poët. 10, 298. Iuvenc. 2, 255.
