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δυοῖν κακοῖν προκειμένοιν τὸ μὴ χεῖρον βέλτιστον → the lesser of two evils, the less bad thing of a pair of bad things, better the devil you know, better the devil you know than the devil you don't, better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the devil you know than the one you don't, better the devil you know than the one you don't know, the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't
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Revision as of 18:50, 9 December 2020
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
measure out: P. and V. μετρεῖν.
confess: P. and V. ὁμολογεῖν (rare V.).
grant: P. and V. διδόναι, νέμειν, P. παραδιδόναι, V. εἴκειν; see grant.
permit (persons): P. and V. ἐᾶν, ἐφιέναι (dat.), συγχωρεῖν (dat.), μεθιέναι (dat.), παριέναι (dat.), παρέχω, παρέχειν (dat.), Ar. and P. ἐπιτρέπω, ἐπιτρέπειν (dat.).
allow (put up with) things: P. and V. ἀνέχεσθαι, Ar. and V. ἐξανέχεσθαι; see endure.
allow to (with infin.): P. and V. ἐᾶν (acc.), παριέναι (dat.), ἐφιέναι (dat.), V. παρέχω, παρέχειν (dat.).
allow a person to be injured: Ar. and P. περιορᾶν or P. προΐεσθαί τινα ἀδικούμενον.
she will not allow others to bear children: V. οὐκ ἀνέξεται τίκτοντας ἄλλους (Eur., Andromache 711).
he privily begets sons and allows them to perish: παῖδας ἐκτεκνούμενος λάθρα θνήσκοντας ἀμελεῖ (Eur., Ion, 438).
allow for, take into account: P. ὑπολογίζεσθαι, ὑπόλογον, ποιεῖσθαι (gen.).
allow of, admit of: P. ἐνδέχεσθαι (acc.); see admit of.
allowed, it is: P. and V. ἔξεστι, πάρεστι, πάρα, παρείκει, παρέχει, P. ἐγχωρεῖ, Ar. and P. ἐγγίγνεται, ἐκγίγνεται.
