ἐξήλατος
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, beaten out, ἀσπίδα χαλκείην ἐξήλατον Il.12.295.
German (Pape)
[Seite 881] durch Hämmer getrieben, ἀσπίς Il. 12, 295, ἣν ἄρα χαλκεὺς ἤλασεν.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
]étiré sous le marteau.
Étymologie: ἐξελαύνω.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐξήλᾰτος: кованный, чеканный (ἀσπίς Hom.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐξήλᾰτος: -ον, σφυρηλατηθείς, ἐπὶ μετάλλων, ἀσπίδα ἐξήλατον (ὅπερ ἑρμηνεύεται διὰ τοῦ ἀκολουθοῦντος: ἣν ἄρα χαλκεὺς ἤλασεν) Ἰλ. Μ. 295.
English (Autenrieth)
(ἐλαύνω): beaten out, hammered, Il. 12.295†.
Greek Monolingual
ἐξήλατος, -ον (Α)
σφυρηλατημένος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < εξ + -ηλατος (< ελαύνω, πρβλ. χαλκήλατος, χρυσήλατος)].
Greek Monotonic
ἐξήλᾰτος: -ον (ἐξελαύνω), σφυρηλατημένος, λέγεται για μέταλλο, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.
