κατόρθωμα
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)
ατος, τό,
A success, opp. εὐτύχημα, Arist.MM1199a13, cf. Plb.1.19.12, Str.15.1.54, D.S.13.22, Plu.Mar.10; of literary style, Longin.33.1, 36.2: pl., opp. ἀποτεύγματα, Phld.Vit.p.35 J.; v.l. for διορθ-, Act.Ap.24.2 (pl.). 2 that which is done rightly, virtuous action, in pl., opp. ἁμαρτήματα, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.295, al., cf. IG5(2).268.15 (Mantinea, i B.C.), etc.; τῶν καθηκόντων τὰ τέλεια, = τὰ κ., Stoic.3.134. 3 perfection, τέλος καὶ πέρας καὶ κ. Herm.in Phdr.p.173 A., cf. S.E.M.9.16. 4 Gramm., correct use, opp. βαρβαρισμός, Ph.1.124.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1405] τό, das Gerad-, Rechtgemachte, Wohlgelungene, das glücklich Vollbrachte; Pol. 1, 19, 12 u. öfter; D. Hal. 5, 44; D. Sic. 5, 20; Plut. Alc. 9 u. a. Sp. – Bei den Stoikern die vollkommenen Pflichten, recte factum, Cic. de fin. 3, 7 offic. 1, 3; Ggstz ἁμαρτήματα Sezt. Emp. adv. phys. 1, 16.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κατόρθωμα: τό, ἐπιτυχία ἀκολουθοῦσα ὀρθὴν κρίσιν, κατ’ ἀντίθεσιν πρὸς τὸ εὐτύχημα, Ἀριστ. π. Μνήμ. 2. 3, 2· ἐν γένει, τὸ καλῶς πραχθέν, ἀνδραγάθημα, Πολύβ. 1. 19, 12, Στράβων, κλ.· ἴδε Λοβέκ. εἰς Φρύνιχ. 251. 2) τὸ ὀρθῶς πραττόμενον, ὡς φιλοσοφικὸς ὅρος, ὀρθὴ πρᾶξις, τὸ καθῆκον, Λατ. recte factum, Κικ. Fin. 3. 7, Off. 1. 3, Σέξτ. Ἐμπ. π. Μ. 9. 16.
English (Strong)
from a compound of κατά and a derivative of ὀρθός (compare διόρθωσις); something made fully upright, i.e. (figuratively) rectification (specially, good public administration): very worthy deed.
English (Thayer)
κατορθωματος, τό (κατορθόω to make upright, erect), a right action, a successful achievement: plural of wholesome public measures or institutions, R G; see διόρθωμα); (Polybius, Diodorus, Strabo, Josephus, Plutarch, Lucian). Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 251; (Winer's 25).
