βόλινθος
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)
ὁ, perh.
A = βόνασος, Arist.Mir.830a7.
German (Pape)
[Seite 452] ὁ, = βόνασος, Arist. Mirab. 1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βόλινθος: ὁ, ἴσως τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ βόνασος Ἀριστ. Θαυμ. 1. 2.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
animal = βόνασος ARSTT.
Étymologie: DELG pê dissim. p. *βόνινθος, cf. βόνασος, ou apparenté à βοῦς.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ zool. bisonte Arist.Mir.830a7, cf. βόνασος.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
βόλινθος: ὁ Arst. = βόνασος.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: wisent, the European bison, = βόνασος (Arist.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: To conclude on the basis of βόνασος that the word derives from *βόνινθος is most uncertain. Influence of βοῦς is also a mere guess. No etym. Probably Pre-Greek; Krahe, Die Antike 15 (1939)180; Krause, FS Krahe, 62f.
Frisk Etymology German
βόλινθος: {bólinthos}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Tiername, viell. Wisent, = βόνασος (Arist.).
Etymology : Wegen βόνασος viell. aus *βόνινθος dissimiliert. An βοῦς (sekundär?) angelehnt; sonst dunkel, wahrscheinlich vorgriechisch (Krahe Die Antike 15, 180). Nach v. Windekens Le Pélasgique 79ff. pelasgisch.
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