ἀσυνήθεια
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)
ἡ,
A unfamiliarity, Arist.Metaph.995a2, Thphr.HP9.17.2; ἀ. τοῦ δικολογεῖν inexperience in... Arist.Rh.1368a21, cf. Plb. 15.32.7.
German (Pape)
[Seite 380] ἡ, Ungewohntheit, Arist. rhet. 1, 9; Theophr.; Unbe Kanntschaft (aus Mangel an Umgang), τῶν παρεστώτων Pol. 15, 32.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀσυνήθεια: ἡ, ἔλλειψις συνηθείας ἢ πείρας, Ἀριστ. Μετὰ τὰ Φυσικὰ 1 (ἔλαττον), 3, 1, Θεοφρ. Ἱστ. Φ. 9. 17, 2· ἀσ. τοῦ δικολογεῖν, ἔλλειψις πείρας ἐν τῷ..., Ἀριστ. Ρητ. 1. 9, 38, πρβλ. Πολύβ. 15. 32, 7.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
1 défaut d’habitude;
2 défaut d’expérience, ignorance de, gén..
Étymologie: ἀσυνήθης.
Spanish (DGE)
-ας, ἡ
falta de costumbre, inexperiencia τὰ παρὰ ταῦτα ... διὰ τὴν ἀσυνήθειαν ἀγνωστότερα Arist.Metaph.995a2, cf. Thphr.HP 9.17.2, Plb.12.4.3, Gal.Consuet.p.16.7, Iambl.Fr.49, c. gen. obj. τοῦ δικολογεῖν Arist.Rh.1368a21, αὐτῆς (ῥητορικῆς) Phld.Rh.2.139Aur., τῶν παρεστώτων Plb.15.32.7.
Greek Monolingual
ἀσυνήθεια, η (Α)
έλλειψη συνήθειας, πείρας ή οικειότητας.
Greek Monotonic
ἀσυνήθεια: ἡ, έλλειψη πείρας σ' ένα πράγμα, με γεν., σε Αριστ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀσυνήθεια: ἡ
1) отсутствие привычки, непривычность, неопытность (τινος Arst.);
2) незнакомство, незнание (τινος Polyb.).
Middle Liddell
ἀσυνήθης
want of experience in a thing, c. gen., Arist.
