ἀγχίθεος
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 near the gods, i.e. akin to them, godlike, Od.5.35: as Subst., demigod, IG3.947, Luc.Syr.D.31.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
semblable aux dieux.
Étymologie: ἄγχι, θεός.
English (Autenrieth)
near to the gods (i. e. by relationship, descent), of the Phaeacians, Od. 5.35; see Od. 7.56 ff.
Spanish (DGE)
-ον
• Prosodia: [-ῐ-]
1 que está cerca de los dioses, en estrecha relación con ellosde los feacios Od.5.35, 19.279, de Anquises, Ganimedes, etc. h.Ven.200, de ciertos sacerdotes, Luc.Syr.D.31, cf. SHell.991.84
•subst. IG 22.4262.4 (imper.).
2 crist. cercano a Cristo μαθηταί Nonn.Par.Eu.Io.1.40.
Greek Monotonic
ἀγχίθεος: -ον, αυτός που βρίσκεται κοντά στους θεούς, δηλ. όμοιος προς αυτούς σε ευδαιμονία και ισχύ, ή αυτός που ζει, που κατοικεί μαζί τους, σε Ομήρ. Οδ.· μεταγεν., ημίθεος, σε Λουκ.
