ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)
antĕ-pŏtens: entis, adj.,I superior in power or fortune: voluptatibus gaudiisque antepotens, Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 2.