χοροπαίγμων
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, gen. ονος, sporting in the choral dance, dancing merrily, Orph.H.24.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1366] ονος, = Folgdm, Orph. H. 23, 2, l. d.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
χοροπαίγμων: -ον, γεν. -ονος, παίζων ἐν τῇ χορικῇ ὀρχήσει, ὀρχούμενος εὐθύμως, Ὀρφ. Ὕμν. 23. 2· οὕτω χοροπαίκτης, ου, ὁ, Ἀνθ. Παλατ. 6. 108. ― Ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρ. σ. 271.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ων, ον ; gén. ονος;
qui aime les chœurs.
Étymologie: χορός, παίζω.
Greek Monolingual
-ον, Α
αυτός που χορεύει εύθυμα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < χορός + -παίγμων (< παῖγμα < παίζω), πρβλ. φιλο-παίγμων].
