ἐμμονή
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, continuance, opp. ἀπαλλαγή, τοῦ κακοῦ Pl.Grg. 479d.
Spanish (DGE)
-ῆς, ἡ
continuación, persistencia τοῦ κακοῦ Pl.Grg.479d, cf. Iambl.Myst.3.13.
German (Pape)
[Seite 809] ἡ, das Darinbleiben, Ausdauern, κακοῦ, im Uebel, Plat. Gorg. 479 d.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐμμονή: ἡ, τὸ ἐμμένειν εἴς τι, ἐμμονὴ τοῦ κακοῦ Πλάτ. Γοργ. 479D.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ῆς (ἡ) :
persévérance dans, insistance à, gén..
Étymologie: ἐμμένω.
Greek Monolingual
η (AM ἐμμονή)
επιμονή, σταθερότητα σε κάτι
αρχ.
παραμονή, συνέχιση, διατήρηση.
Greek Monotonic
ἐμμονή: ἡ (ἐμμένω), επιμονή, σταθερότητα, τινος, σε Πλάτ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐμμονή: ἡ упорствование: τὸ μὴ (δίκην) διδόναι ἐ. τοῦ κακοῦ (sc. ἐστιν) Plat. безнаказанность увековечивает зло.
