insterno
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
in-sterno: strāvi, strātum, 3, v. a.
I To cover, cover over: instrata cubilia fronde, Lucr. 5, 987; so, instratos ostro, Verg. A. 7, 277; cf.: si palo adacto caverna paleā insternatur, Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 84: pontes altos, Verg. A. 12, 675.—
B Transf., to lay upon as a cover, to spread over: modicis instravit pulpita tignis (dat.), laid the stage over an insignificant scaffolding, Hor. A. P. 279.—
II To cast or throw into: sese Ignibus, Stat. Th. 12, 800.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
īnsternō,¹³ strāvī, strātum, sternĕre, tr.,
1 étendre sur [avec dat.] : Hor. P. 279
