ἐρυθρόδανον
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)
τό, = ἐρευθέδανον, Dsc.3.143: ἐρυθρόδανος, ἡ, Plin. HN 24.94 (v.l.); madder, rose madder, common madder, dyer's madder, Rubia tinctorum, Rubia tinctoria; cf. ἐρυθρύδανον.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1036] τό, Färberröthe, Krapp, Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐρυθρόδᾰνον: τό, τὸ «ῥιζάρι», Λατ. Rubia tinctorum, Rubia tinctoria, Διοσκ. 3. 150˙ ἐρυθρόδανος, ἡ, Πλίν. 24. 56.
Wikipedia EN
Rubia tinctorum, the rose madder or common madder or dyer's madder, is a herbaceous perennial plant species belonging to the bedstraw and coffee family Rubiaceae.
Greek Monolingual
ερυθρόδανο, το (AM ἐρυθρόδανον και ἐρευθέδανον
Α και ἐρυθρόδανος, ἡ
Μ και ἐρυθρύδανον, το)
1. το φυτό ερυθρόδανο το βαφικό, ριζάρι, της οικογένειας ρουβιίδες, από τη ρίζα του οποίου έπαιρναν κόκκινη χρωστική ουσία
2. το κόκκινο χρώμα της ρίζας του φυτού.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ερυθρός + -δανον ή -δανός, το οποίο αποτελεί παρέκταση του ονοματικού επιθήματος -δών, -δονος (πρβλ. αλγηδών, τερηδών κ.ά.)].
Translations
madder
Akkadian: 𒁍𒉿𒌈; Albanian: bimë ngjyruese, rrolbë, rrojbë; Arabic: فُوَّة صَبْغِيَّة ṣabḡiyya), فُوَّة; Aramaic Jewish: פּוּתָא, פּוּאֲתָא; Syriac: ܦܽܘܬܳܐ; Armenian: տորոն; Azerbaijani: boyaqotu; Belarusian: марэна, маруна; Breton: gwrizienn-ruz; Bulgarian: брош; Catalan: roja; Chinese: 茜草; Czech: mořena; Danish: krap; Dutch: meekrap; Estonian: punavärvik, krapp; Finnish: värimatara, aitovärimatara, värikrappi; French: garance; Georgian: ენდრო; German: Färberröte, Färberkrapp, Echte Färberröte, Krapp; Greek: ριζάρι, ερυθρόδανο; Ancient Greek: δάρκανος, ἐρευθέδανον, ἐρυθρόδανον, ἐρυθρόδανος, ῥιζάρι, ῥιζάριν, ῥιζάριον; Hebrew: פּוּאָה; Hittite: 𒊺𒉿𒁕; Hungarian: festő buzér; Irish: madar; Italian: robbia, garanza; Japanese: 茜; Kurdish Central Kurdish: ڕۆنیاس; Northern Kurdish: soring; Latin: rubia; Latvian: madara; Macedonian: броќ; Norwegian: krapp; Old Norse: maðra; Persian: روناس; Polish: marzana; Portuguese: ruiva-dos-tintureiros, ruiva, granza, garança; Romanian: roibă, garanță; Russian: марена; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: бро̏ћ; Roman: brȍć; Slovak: marena; Slovene: brošč; Sorbian Lower Upper Sorbian: čerwjenka; Spanish: rubia roja; Swedish: krappar; Turkish: kızılkök; Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎆𐎚; Ukrainian: марена; Welsh: cochwraidd, gwreiddrudd
