πυρίβρομος
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
English (LSJ)
ον,
A roaring with fire, ἠέλιος Orph.A.1122 (nisi leg. -δρομος) Ζεύς Id.H.20.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 822] im Feuer, am Feuer od. durch Feuer brausend; Orph. Arg. 1120, v. l. πυρίδρομος; vgl. Hymn. 20, 2. 58, 2, vom Zeus u. Eros.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πῠρίβρομος: -ον, βρέμων πυρί, Ὀρφ. Ἀργ. 1120, Ὕμν. 19, κτλ.
Greek Monolingual
-ον, Α
αυτός που βροντά στη φωτιά ή αυτός που βροντά μέσα από τη φωτιά, με τη χρήση φωτιάς («πυρίβρομος Ζεύς», Ύμν.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πυρι- (βλ. λ. πυρ) + -βρομος (< βρόμος < βρέμω «ηχώ δυνατά, βροντώ»), πρβλ. βαρύ-βρομος].
