repugnantia
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
repugnantia repugnantiae N F :: resistance, opposition; contradiction; repugnance
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rĕpugnantĭa: ae, f. repugno. *
I A resistance, opposition; concr.: (natura) hanc dedit repugnantiam apibus (sc. cuspidem), a means of defence, Plin. 21, 13, 45, § 78.—
II A contradiction, contrariety, incompatibility, repugnance: rerum, Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 19: utilitatis, id. Off. 3, 4, 17: naturae (opp. concordiae), Plin. 22, 23, 49, § 106: repugnantiam inducere, Cic. Off. 3, 7, 34.
rĕpugnantĭa: ĭum, n., v. repugno, P. a.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) rĕpugnantĭa,¹⁴ æ, f. (repugno), moyen de défense : Plin. 21, 78 || désaccord, antipathie, opposition, incompatibilité : Cic. Off. 3, 34 ; Plin. 22, 106.
(2) rĕpugnantĭa, ĭum, n., v. repugno fin.
Latin > German (Georges)
repūgnantia, ae, f. (repugnans), I) der Widerstand, illa domina rerum omnium hanc dedit repugnantiam apibus, das Mittel zum Widerstande, d.i. den Stachel, Plin. 21, 78. – II) bildl., der Widerstreit, Widerspruch (Ggstz. concordia), rerum, Cic.: naturae, Plin.
