potius
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pŏtĭus: adv., v. potis. A.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pŏtĭŭs⁶ (potior, potis), adv., plutôt, de préférence
1 ac potius Cic. Off. 1, 68, mais plutôt (et potius Cic. Off. 3, 32 ) || aut... potius Cic. CM 35 ; Verr. 2, 3, 113 ; vel potius Cic. Br. 293, ou plutôt || ac non potius Cic. Cat. 2, 12, et non plutôt et non potius Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83 ) || sed potius Cic. Br. 2 ; seu potius Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 73, mais plutôt, ou bien plutôt
2 [avec quam ] a) potius... quam Cic. Ac. 2, 3, ou potiusquam Cic. Tusc. 2, 52, plutôt que [jouant le rôle de conj. avec subj.], cf. Fin. 2, 42 ; 4, 20 ; Att. 5, 6, 2 ; 7, 7, 7 ; b) [simple comparaison] Catoni moriendum potius quam tyranni vultus aspiciendus fuit Cic. Off. 1, 112, c’était un devoir pour Caton de mourir plutôt que d’avoir à regarder le visage d’un tyran, cf. Clu. 178 ; de Or. 2, 317 ; Br. 314 ; Domo 100 ; Fam. 3, 10, 3 ; Domo 56 ; Cæs. C. 1, 35, 1 ; Liv. 42, 29, 11 ; [pléon. avec malle ] Cic. Lig. 5 ; [inversion] lapsus quam progressus potius Cic. Att. 2, 21, 4, [il semblait] avoir dégringolé plutôt que s’être porté en avant ; c) qqf. potius quam ut subj. Liv. 2, 34, 11 ; 4, 2, 8 ; 6, 28, 8 ; 9, 14, 7 ; d) ellipse de potius, v. quam.
