ὀξύχολος
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,
A quick to anger, Sol.13.26, S.Ant.955 (v.l. for ὀξυχόλως), AP9.127 ; τὸ ὀ. Luc.Fug.19.
German (Pape)
[Seite 355] scharfgallig, jähzornig; Luc. D. D. 24, 2; Ep. ad. 404 (IX, 127) u. sonst. – Adv., Soph. ζεύχθη δ' ὀξυχόλως παῖς ὁ Δρύαντος, Ant. 945.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀξύχολος: -ον, ταχὺς εἰς ὀργήν, Σόλων 12. 26, Σοφ. Ἀντ. 955 (κατὰ Scaliger ἀντὶ ὀξυχόλως), Ἀνθ. Π. 9. 127· - τὸ ὀξύχολον = ὀξυχολία, Λουκ. Δραπέτ. 19.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
irascible (propr. qui a la bile prompte) ; τὸ ὀξύχολον, l’irascibilité.
Étymologie: ὀξύς, χολή.
Greek Monolingual
ὀξύχολος, -ον (Α)
1. αυτός που θυμώνει εύκολα, οξύθυμος, ευέξαπτος
2. το ουδ. ως ουσ. τὸ ὀξύχολον
η οξυθυμία.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < οξυ- + χόλος (πρβλ. πικρό-χολος)].
Greek Monotonic
ὀξύχολος: -ον, ευέξαπτος, ευερέθιστος, σε Σόλωνα, Σοφ.
