potius

== Latin == === Etymology === Originally, comparative adverb to pote. === Adverb === potius (not comparable) rather, preferably rather than [with quam and subjunctive] (along negative particles) instead (in aut / vel / ac / sed / seu potius) or rather, or I may better say === Adjective === potius nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of potior === 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, 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.