μαλκόν

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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

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Full diacritics: μαλκόν Medium diacritics: μαλκόν Low diacritics: μαλκόν Capitals: ΜΑΛΚΟΝ
Transliteration A: malkón Transliteration B: malkon Transliteration C: malkon Beta Code: malko/n

English (LSJ)

   A v. μάλκιος.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μαλκόν: «μαλακὸν» Ἡσύχ.

Greek Monolingual

μαλκόν (Α)
(κατά τον Ησύχ.) «μαλκόν
μαλακόν».
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Πρόκειται πιθ. για μεταπλασμένους τ. του μαλακός, με συγκοπή. Ο τ. μαλκῆν («τὸ ἐπικόπανον» κατά τον Ησύχ.) αναφέρεται επομένως στο στέλεχος του δέντρου, το οποίο τρυφεραίνει, μαλακώνει].