τραχών
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)
ῶνος, ὁ, a rugged, stony tract, Str.4.1.5, D.H. 19.4, PVat.11rv6 (ii A. D.), Luc. VH2.30, Tox.49:—hence Τράχων, in Syria, J.AJ13.16.5; and Τραχωνῖτις, ιδος, ἡ, χώρα Ev.Luc.3.1, etc.; Τραχωνῖται, οἱ, its inhabitants, J.BJ3.10.10; T. Ἄραβες Ptol. Geog.5.14.20.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τρᾱχών: -ῶνος, ὁ, τραχύ, ἀνώμαλον ἔδαφος, τόπος πετρώδης, Λουκ. π. Ἀληθ. Ἱστ. 2. 30, Τόξ. 49˙ - ἐντεῦθεν Τράχων (ὡς τὸ Τραχίς), ἐν Συρίᾳ, Ἰώσηπ. 13. 16, 5˙ καὶ Τραχωνῖτις, ιδος, ἡ, Φιλίππου... τετραρχοῦντος τῆς Ἰτουραίας καὶ Τραχωνίτιδος χώρας Εὐαγγ. κ. Λουκ. γʹ, 1˙ Τραχωνῖται, οἱ, οἱ κάτοικοι, Ἰωσήπ. Ἰουδ. Πόλ. 3. 10, 10, κλπ.
Greek Monolingual
-ῶνος, ὁ, Α
τραχύ, ανώμαλο έδαφος, βραχώδης και ξερός τόπος («ορεινοὺς τραχῶνας», Διον. Αλ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < τραχύς + επίθημα -ών, -ῶνος (πρβλ. κοιτ-ών), από όπου το τοπωνύμιο Τράχων].
Greek Monotonic
τρᾱχών: -ῶνος, ὁ, τραχύ, ανώμαλο έδαφος, πετρώδης τόπος, σε Λουκ.· ομοίως, Τραχωνῖτις, -ιδος, ἡ, σε Καινή Διαθήκη κ.λπ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
τρᾱχών: ῶνος или τράχων, ωνος ὁ каменистое место Luc.
Middle Liddell
τρᾱχώ, ῶνος, ὁ,
a rugged, stony tract, Luc.; so Τραχωνῖτις, ιδος, NTest., etc.
