λουτρόν
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)
τό, in Hom. always λοετρόν, but contr. form in h.Cer.50, Hes.Op.753; Dor. λωτρόν, Hsch.: (λούω):—
A bath, bathing-place, Hom., always in pl., θερμὰ λοετρά hot bath, Il.22.444, al.; later θερμὰ λουτρά A.Ch.670, S.Tr.634 (lyr.), CratesCom.15, etc.; θερμὰ Νυμφᾶν λουτρά Pi.O.12.19; also called Ἡράκλεια λουτρά Ar.Nu.1051; λοετρὰ Ὠκεανοῖο Il.18.489, Od.5.275; σίτοισι καὶ λουτροῖσι in matters of eating and washing, Hdt.6.52; λουτρῷ χρωμένους Plu.2.1109b: sg. first in Hes. l.c.; τραπέσθαι πρὸς τὸ λ. Pl.Phd.115a, cf. X.Oec.9.7: in pl., bathing-establishment, τὰ δημόσια λ. POxy.1252 B22 (iii A. D.), etc. 2 water for bathing or washing, ὑδάτων ἐνεγκεῖν λουτρά S.OC1599; ἐν λουτροῖς while bathing, X.Cyr.7.5.59; λοῦσαί τινα λουτρόν give one a bath, wash one with water, S.Ant.1201, Ar.Lys. 469; λουτρὸν παρέχειν ib.377; λοῦσθαι λουτρόν bathe, A.Fr.366 (note); λουτρόν ἐστιν, οὐ πότος Alex.9; νυμφικὰ λουτρά the conveying of water to the bride (cf. λουτροφόρος), Poll.3.43; in NT, of baptism, Ep.Eph. 5.26; λ. παλιγγενεσίας Ep.Tit.3.5. II in Poets, = σπονδαί, libations to the dead, S.El.84,434, E.Ph.1667, cf. Hsch. s.v. χθόνια λ.
