κάλανδρος

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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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Transliteration A: kálandros Transliteration B: kalandros Transliteration C: kalandros Beta Code: ka/landros

English (LSJ)

ὁ, a kind of

   A lark, Dionys.Av.3.15.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1307] ὁ, dasselbe, Opp. Ix. 3, 15.

Greek Monolingual

ο (Α κάλανδρος)
είδος κορυδαλλού, καλάνδρα, γαλιάντρα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Άγνωστης ετυμολ. Πρόκειται μάλλον για λ. προελληνικής προελεύσεως που εμφανίζει την κατάλ. -νδρος (πρβλ. κορία -νδρος, μαίαν-νδρος). Η λ. κάλανδρος που εξελίχθηκε στο νεοελλ. γαλιάντρα, μαρτυρείται και ως δάνειο στη λατ. με τη μορφή calandra (πρβλ. ιταλ. calandra, γαλλ. calandre)].

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: kind of lark (Dionys. Av. 3, 15).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: - Ending like τάρανδ(ρ)ος, Μαίανδρος; origin unknown. - From there Ital. calandro a lark (Meyer-Lübke Rom. et. Wb. No 1486). S. also W.-Hofmann s. caliandrum. No doubt either Pre-Greek or a loan from Anatolia.

Frisk Etymology German

κάλανδρος: {kálandros}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Art Lerche (Dionys. Av. 3, 15).
Etymology : Ausgang wie in τάρανδ(ρ)ος, Μαίανδρος u. a.; Herkunft unbekannt. Pelasgische Erklärung bei v. Windekens Le Pélasgique 111ff. — Daraus ital. calandro Kalanderlerche, Feldlerche usw. (Meyer-Lübke Rom. et. Wb. No 1486). S. auch W.-Hofmann s. caliandrum.
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