"potius" meaning in Latin

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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "word": "potior"
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        "nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of potior"
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          "potior",
          "potior#Latin"
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        "nominative",
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        "vocative"
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  "word": "potius"
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  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rather"
      ],
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        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ]
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "in order that the life of Gauls might be hazarded in woods rather than a legionary soldier (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VI, 34)",
          "text": "ut potius in silvis Gallorum vita quam legionarius miles periclitetur",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to settle the quarrel in the field of battle rather than to be shut up",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.15",
          "text": "ut potius acie decernerent, quam inclusi"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rather than (potius quam)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "rather than",
          "rather than"
        ],
        [
          "quam",
          "quam#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "instead"
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        "not-comparable"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "perhaps"
      ],
      "id": "en-potius-la-adv-G6LrsnXo",
      "links": [
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          "perhaps",
          "perhaps"
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      "tags": [
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  ],
  "word": "potius"
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of potior"
      ],
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        [
          "potior",
          "potior#Latin"
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        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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  "word": "potius"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "rather"
      ],
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        [
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          "rather"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "in order that the life of Gauls might be hazarded in woods rather than a legionary soldier (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VI, 34)",
          "text": "ut potius in silvis Gallorum vita quam legionarius miles periclitetur",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to settle the quarrel in the field of battle rather than to be shut up",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.15",
          "text": "ut potius acie decernerent, quam inclusi"
        }
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        "rather than (potius quam)"
      ],
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          "rather than"
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          "quam",
          "quam#Latin"
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  "word": "potius"
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