POTIUS in English translation

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Examples of using Potius in Latin and their translations into English

Non sunt ista sani amantis, sed potius insani.
I'm no luddite, but holy crap.

An et hic agnoscuntur adulatores felicium potius quam infelicium defensores?
Better then to be a contented pig than an unhappy Socrates?

Philosophia socialis est studium morum socialium et interpretatio societatis et institutionum socialium per aestimationes ethicas, potius quam coniunctiones empiricas.
Social philosophy- is the study of questions about social behavior and interpretations of society and social institutions in terms of ethical values rather than empirical relations.

Hac dialecto"coffeum" quidem makade-mashkikiwaaboo("nigra medicina liquida") potius quam gaapii a multis locutoribus appellatur.
Even"coffee" is called makade-mashkikiwaaboo("black liquid-medicine") by many speakers, rather than gaapii.

fructibusque putridis bibere vehementer malunt, potius quam nectar ex floribus.
drink liquids from carrion, dung, and rotten fruits, rather than nectar from flowers.

Litorales regiones potius Valentine loquuntur quam intestinae ubi amplae regionis Hispanicam pro vetere lingua habent,
Valencian is traditionally spoken in the densely populated coastal areas rather than inland, where many places have Spanish as their traditional language,

Secundum Afnan Fatani, eruditum hodiernum, non fabulae ad docendum aptae, sed potius partes cognitivae quas agunt ad religionem abstractam illustrandam et ad faciendum ut res non familiares familiares viderentur eas efferunt.
According to Afnan Fatani a contemporary scholar it is not the instructive stories but rather the cognitive role they play to illustrate abstract religion and to make the unfamiliar appear familiar that makes them important.

Dementia non est morbus unus, sed potius syndrome aegritudinis non disertae(i.e.,
Dementia is not a single disease, but rather a non-specific illness syndrome(i.e.,

ut scilicet simus parati hoc facere vel sustinere potius, quam aliquid agere contra charitatem fraternam.
we should be prepared to obey them, so that we would be always prepared to do this or endure that, rather than do anything against fraternal charity.

Et nolite timere eos qui occidunt corpus animam autem non possunt occidere sed potius eum timete qui potest et animam et corpus perdere in gehennam.
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Astronomus Italicus Iosephus Columbus hunc valorem circa duas tertias partes Mercurianae orbitalis periodi esse notavit et dissimilem occlusionis aestuosae modum evenisse quo planetarias orbitalem rotationalemque periodos ocluderentur cum 3:2 potius quam 1:1 resonantiam proposuit.
Italian astronomer Giuseppe Colombo noted that the rotation value was about two-thirds of Mercury's orbital period, and proposed that the planet's orbital and rotational periods were locked into a 3:2 rather than a 1:1 resonance.

et auditores- aliis negotiis(venditatoribus) vendere potius quam quem ad modum nuntia sint bona.
the propaganda model views private media as businesses interested in the sale of a product-readers and audiences-to other businesses(advertisers) rather than that of quality news to the public.

scilicet, plerumque ultimas quaestiones"cur?" potius quam proximas quaestiones"quomodo?
it focuses mostly on ultimate or"why?" questions, rather than proximate or"how?

Inter alias proprietates anthropologicas Boasianas magni momenti erat notio relativismi culturalis, qui ponit quaedam culturam intellegi posse solum per intellegentiam suarum normarum morumque, potius quam normas moresque societatis anthropologi ipsius.
Another important aspect of Boasian anthropology was its perspective of cultural relativism which assumes that a culture can only be understood by first understanding its own standards and values, rather than assuming that the values and standards of the anthropologist's society.

ob eius gravem notionem actualizationis sui, potius quam transformationem technologicam.
despite its exaltation of the"Übermensch"(overman or superman), due to its emphasis on self-actualization rather than technological transformation.

sed proprietates sicut hostilitas explicari posse per circumiecta socialia, potius quam rationes biologicas.
role in human behavior, but that traits such as aggressiveness could be explained by social environment rather than by biology.

Interrrogatus cur non potius venderet.
I could not bear to sell it.

Imo nunquam orare potius.
I never sit with silence.

Qui potius, quam auro expendas?
Who pays more for your gold?

De persona mythica potius quam historica agitur.
Mullerornis is smaller than the more well-known Aepyornis.