potius sero quam numquam

• potius sērō quam nunquam

potius (“better, rather”) + sērō (“late”) + quam (“than”) + numquam (“never”). This proverb is attested in the fourth book of Livy's Ab Urbe condita with an enclitic -que (“and”) attached to potius, which however should not be considered to be an actual part of the proverb.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔ.ti.ʊs ˈseː.roː ˈkʷãː ˈnʊŋ.kʷãː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔt̪.t̪͡s̪i.us ˈsɛː.ro ˈkʷam ˈnum.kʷam]

potius sērō quam numquam

1. better late than never