θώπτω
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)
= θωπεύω, c.acc., θῶπτε τὸν κρατοῦντ' ἀεί A.Pr.937: fut.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1230] = θωπεύω; θῶπτε τὸν κρατοῦντ' ἀεί Aesch. Prom. 939; VLL.
French (Bailly abrégé)
flatter, caresser, acc..
Étymologie: θώψ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
θώπτω: льстить, окружать лестью, ублажать (τὸν κρατοῦντα Aesch.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
θώπτω: θωπεύω, μετ’ αἰτ., θῶπτε τὸν κρατοῦντ’ ἀεὶ Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 937: μέλλ. θώψεις, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἀποσπ. 231. – Καθ’ Ἡσύχ. «θώπτει· σκώπτει. θεραπεύει». (Πρβλ. θώψ).
Greek Monolingual
θώπτω (Α) θωψ
1. θωπεύω, κολακεύω, περιποιούμαι («θῶπτε τὸν κρατοῦντ' ἀεί», Αισχύλ.)
2. (κατά τον Ησύχ.) «θώπτει
σκώπτει, θεραπεύει».
Greek Monotonic
θώπτω: = θωπεύω, σε Αισχύλ.
