δισσότοκος

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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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Spanish (DGE)

-ον nacido dos vecesde Baco, Nonn.D.1.4, cf. 41.75.

Greek Monolingual

δισσότοκος, -ον (Α)
(για τον Διόνυσο) αυτός που γεννήθηκε δύο φορές.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < δισσός + -τοκος < τίκτω. Ο τονισμός στην προπαραλήγουσα προσδίδει στη λ. παθητική σημ. («γεννημένος από...»), έναντι του παροξυτονούμενου συνθέτου (δισσοτόκος) που έχει ενεργητική σημ. («αυτή που γέννησε...»)].