acroasis
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 (Lewis & Short)
ācrŏāsis: is, f., = ἀκρόασις (
I a hearing, a listening to), the discourse delivered before an assembly, public lecture (cf. the use of contio among Eng. and collegium among Germ. scholars, for discourse, etc.): ut eas vel in acroasi audeam legere, in a public lecture, Cic. Att. 15, 17, 2: Callias acroasin fecit, Vitr. 10, 22: plurimas acroases fecit, Suet. Gram. 2 (al. ἀκροάσεις).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ăcrŏāsis, is, f. (ἀκρόασις), audition ; savant auditoire : Cic. Att. 15, 17, 2 || conférence : Vitr. Arch. 10, 16, 3 ; Suet. Gramm. 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
acroāsis, is, Akk. in, Abl. i, f. (ἀκρόασις, eig. das Anhören, dah. meton.) das Angehörte, die Vorlesung, der Vortrag, Varr. sat. Men. 517. Cic. ad Att. 15, 17, 2: acroasin facere, Vitr. 10, 16 (22), 3: Plur., plurimas acroasis fecit, Suet. gr. 2.
