exheres
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
exheres (gen.), exheredis ADJ :: disinherited
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ex-hēres: ēdis, adj.,
I disinherited.— Subst., a disinherited person: paternorum bonorum exheres filius, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 77; Quint. 5, 10, 107; 7, 1, 42 sq. al.—Comically: nive exheredem fecero vitae suae, i. e. deprive him of life, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
exhērēs,¹⁶ ēdis, m. f., déshérité, qui n’hérite pas : paternorum bonorum exheres est Cic. de Or. 1, 175, il n’hérite pas des biens paternels || [fig.] dépossédé : exheres vitæ Pl. Bacch. 849, privé de la vie.
Latin > German (Georges)
ex-hērēs, hērēdis, enterbt, erblos, Plaut. u. Quint.: testamento exheres filius, Cic. de or. 1, 175: alqm exheredem scribere, ICt. – mit Genet., paternorum bonorum exheres, Cic. de or. 1, 175. – scherzh., exheredem alqm facere vitae suae, jmdm. das Lebenslicht ausblasen, Plaut. Bacch. 849.
