νυκτιλάλος
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)
[ᾰ], ον, nightly-sounding, κιθάρη AP7.29 (Antip. Sid.).
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
qui résonne la nuit.
Étymologie: νύξ, λαλέω.
German (Pape)
bei Nacht schwatzend, κιθάρη, Antip.Sid. 75 (VII.29).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
νυκτῐλάλος: (ᾰ) лепечущий в ночную пору (κιθάρη Anth.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νυκτῐλάλος: -ον, ὁ κατὰ τὴν νύκτα λαλῶν, ἠχῶν, κιθάρα Ἀνθ. Π. 7. 29.
Greek Monolingual
-ο (Α νυκτιλάλος, -ον)
αυτός που λαλεί ή ηχεί κατά τη νύχτα («νυκτιλάλος κιθάρη», Ανθ. Παλ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < νυκτι- (βλ. ετυμολ. λ. νύχτα) + λάλος (πρβλ. θρηνολάλος)].
Greek Monotonic
νυκτῐλάλος: [ᾰ], -ον, αυτός που λαλεί, ηχεί τη νύχτα, σε Ανθ.
