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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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Transliteration A: eüstrephḗs Transliteration B: eustrephēs Transliteration C: eystrefis Beta Code: e)u+strefh/s

English (LSJ)

ές, (στρέφω) A well-twisted, of a bow-string, ἐϋστρεφέα νευρήν Il.15.463; of a lyre-string, ἐϋστρεφὲς ἔντερον οἰός Od.21.408; πεῖσμα ἐϋ. 10.167; ὅπλῳ ἐϋστρεφέϊ 14.346; ἐϋστρεφέεσσι λύγοισι 9.427; v. εὔστροφος. II shapely, ὦμοι Simm.1.10 (s.v.l.).

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐϋστρεφής: -ές, (στρέφω) εὔστρεπτος, ἐπὶ νευρᾶς τόξου, ἐϋστρεφέα νευρὴν Ἰλ. Ο. 463· ἐπὶ χορδῆς κιθάρας, ἐϋστρεφὲς ἔντερον οἰὸς Ὀδ. Φ. 408· ἐπὶ σχοινίου, πεῖσμα ἐϋστρ. Κ. 167. ὅπλῳ ἐϋστρεφέϊ Ξ. 346· ἐπὶ λύγου, εὐλύγιστος, ἐϋστρεφέεσι λύγοισιν Ι. 427.

French (Bailly abrégé)

épq. c. εὐστρεφής.

Greek Monolingual

ἐϋστρεφής, -ές (Α)
1. (για χορδή τόξου ή λύρας) ο στριμμένος καλά («ἐϋστρεφέα νευρήν», Ομ. Ιλ.)
2. καλοσχηματισμένος, αρμονικός («ἐϋστρεφεῑς ὦμοι»).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ευ + -στρεφής (< στρέφος < στρέφω), πρβλ. αμφιστρεφής, επιστρεφής].

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Greek Monotonic

ἐϋστρεφής: -ές (στρέφω), καλά στριφογυρισμένος, λέγεται για σχοινιά, σε Όμηρ.

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