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1 Rather
adv.P. and V. μᾶλλον.I had rather (with infin.): P. and V. βούλομαι μᾶλλον, or V. βούλομαι alone (Eur., And. 351).Somewhat: with adj. and adv., use comparative.Rather weak: P. and V. ἀσθενέστερος.Nay rather: P. and V. μὲν οὖν.Let someone come forward and prove to me or rather to you that I am not speaking the truth: P. παρελθών τις ἐμοί, μᾶλλον δὲ ὑμῖν δειξάτω ὡς οὐκ ἀληθῆ ταῦτʼ ἐγὼ λέγω (Dem. 20).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Rather
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