Translation
rather; preferably
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Examples
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I want to die rather than be a slave.
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Do this instead.
taceamus.
Let us rather keep quiet.
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Let us speak the truth rather than lies.
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He would rather be a friend than a master.
is the neuter comparative of potis, "able", used only as an adverb. Its job is to mark a CHOICE between two options rather than a degree along a scale: A B, "A in preference to B". The superlative is , "above all, in preference to everything else".
That distinction against is the one worth holding. grades: more so, to a greater extent. selects: this one, not that one. So is "more learned than brave", a comparison of degree, while is a choice between two courses. With , which already means "to prefer", is emphatic rather than necessary, and Latin uses it there anyway.
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 10: potius, aio, fere and 6 more words.