τραχήλια
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)
τά,
A scraps of meat and gristle about the neck, which were thrown away with the offal: hence, simply, scraps, offal, Ar.V.968, Pherecr. 54; βόεια Hp.Epid.7.62.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τρᾰχήλια: τά, (τράχηλος) τεμάχια κρεάτων καὶ χόνδρων περὶ τὸν τράχηλον, τὰ ὁποῖα ἀπερρίπτοντο μετὰ τῶν λοιπῶν ἀχρήστων μερῶν, Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 968· «τὰ κεφάλαια τῶν ἰχθύων ὡς ἀκανθώδη, καὶ Φερεκράτης ἐν Ἐπιστολῇ (ἔνθ’ ἀναγνωστέον ἐν Ἐπιλήσμονι) ὅστις παρέθηκε κράνια ἢ τραχήλια» Σχόλ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 968 (Φερεκράτ. ἐν «Ἐπιλήσμονι» 5)· βόεια τρ. Ἱππ. 1227Β.
Greek Monolingual
τά, Α τράχηλος
1. τεμάχια κρεάτων και χόνδρων γύρω από τον τράχηλο, τα οποία πετούσαν μαζί με τα υπόλοιπα άχρηστα κομμάτια («καὶ τραχήλι' ἐσθίει καὶ τὰς ἀκάνθας», Αριστοφ.)
2. (γενικά) υπολείμματα, αποφάγια, απορρίμματα.
