prolapsus

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν 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)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prōlapsus: a, um, Part., from prolabor.
prōlapsus: ūs, m. prolabor,
I a falling (late Lat.), Rufin. Orig. Princip. 2, 1, 1.