amandatio
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
āmandātĭo: ōnis, f. amando,
I a sending away: relegatio atque amandatio, Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 44.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
āmandātĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (amando), éloignement, exil : Cic. Amer. 44.
Latin > German (Georges)
āmandātio, ōnis, f. (amando), das Verweisen, die Verweisung (aus unserer Gegenwart), rusticana relegatio atque amandatio, Verbannung u.V. aufs Dorf, Cic. Rosc. Am. 44.
