potius

Latin

Adjective

potius

  1. nominative neuter singular of potior
  2. accusative neuter singular of potior
  3. vocative neuter singular of potior

Adverb

potius

  1. rather
  2. rather than (potius quam)
  3. instead
  4. perhaps

References
  • potius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • potius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • potius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • potius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) there is nothing I am more interested in than..: nihil antiquius or prius habeo quam ut (nihil mihi antiquius or potius est, quam ut)
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