potius

Latin

Adjective

potius

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

Adverb

potius (not comparable)

1. rather
2. rather than (potius quam)
   • ut potius in silvis Gallorum vita quam legionarius miles periclitetur ― in order that the life of Gauls might be hazarded in woods rather than a legionary soldier
     (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VI, 34)
   • Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 15:

     ut potius acie decernerent, quam inclusi

     to settle the quarrel in the field of battle rather than to be shut up

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• potius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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)