περίπτωμα
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)
ατος, τό,
A accidental happening : hence, 1 calamity, Pl.Prt.345b. 2 lucky chance, LXX Ru.2.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 589] τό, Unfall, Zufall, Plat. Prot. 345 b u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
περίπτωμα: τό, συμφορά, δυστύχημα, Πλάτ. Πρωτ. 345Β.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ατος (τό) :
conjoncture, particul. accident, malheur.
Étymologie: περιπίπτω.
Greek Monolingual
τὸ, Α περιπίπτω
1. τυχαίο συμβάν
2. δυστύχημα, συμφορά
3. ευτυχής σύμπτωση, συγκυρία, καλή τύχη.
Greek Monotonic
περίπτωμα: -ατος, τό, συμφορά, δυστυχία, σε Πλάτ.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
περίπτωμα -ατος, τό [περιπίπτω] ongelukkige gebeurtenis.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
περίπτωμα: ατος τό (несчастная) случайность, случай Plat.
