pugnaciter
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 (Lewis & Short)
pugnācĭter: adv., v. pugnax.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pugnācĭtĕr¹⁶ (pugnax), d’une manière combative, avec acharnement : Cic. Ac. 2, 65 ; pugnacissime defendere sententiam Cic. Ac. 2, 9, défendre une opinion avec la plus grande âpreté ; pugnacius dicere aliquid Quint. 9, 4, 130, dire qqch. avec plus d’âpreté combative.
Latin > German (Georges)
pūgnāciter, Adv. (pugnax), streitbegierig, d.i. hartnäckig, eigensinnig, mit aller Gewalt, de alqa re certare cum alqo pugnaciter, Cic.: alia sublimius alia pugnacius dicere, Quint.: pugnacissime defendere sententiam, Cic.
