ἀνθάμιλλος
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 vying with, rivalling, E.Ion606.
German (Pape)
[Seite 230] dagegen wetteifernd, Nebenbuhler, Eur. Ion. 606; Lycophr. 429.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνθάμιλλος: [ᾰ], -ον, (ἅμιλλα) ἀνταγωνιστής, ἀντίπαλος, Εὐρ. Ἴων 606: ― θηλ. τύπος, ἀνθαμιλλήτρια, ἡ, ἡ ἀντίζηλος, τινι Νικήτ. Χρον. 325Β.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
rival.
Étymologie: ἀντί, ἅμιλλα.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ
• Prosodia: [-ᾰ-]
rival τοῖς ἀνθαμίλλοις εἰσὶ πολεμιώτατοι E.Io 606, cf. Lyc.429.
Greek Monolingual
ἀνθάμιλλος, -ον (Α)
ανταγωνιστής, αντίζηλος, αντίπαλος.
Greek Monotonic
ἀνθάμιλλος: [ᾰ], -ον (ἅμιλλα), ανταγωνιστής, αντίπαλος, αντίζηλος, σε Ευρ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀνθάμιλλος: ὁ соперник Eur.
Middle Liddell
ἅμιλλα
vying with, rivalling, Eur.
