ἀμαράκινος
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)
η, ον,
A made of amaracus, μύρον Antiph.106; ἔλαιον Edict.Diocl.Delph.16. ἀμᾱρᾰκόεις, εσσα, εν, like amaracus, Nic. Th.503.
German (Pape)
[Seite 116] von Amarakus gemacht, μύρον Eubul. Ath. V, 195 d; Antiphan. XII, 553 a; Pol. 31, 4, 2.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀμᾱράκινος: -η, -ον, κατεσκευασμένος ἐξ ἀμαράκου, μύρου Ἀντιφάν. ἐν «Θορικίοις» 1. 6, καὶ ἀλλ.
Spanish (DGE)
(ἀμᾱράκινος) -η, -ον
• Prosodia: [-ᾰ-]
de mejorana μύρον Antiph.106, Eub.108, cf. Plb.30.26.2, PSI 628.10 (III a.C.), DP 36.99, oleum Plin.HN 21.163
•subst. τὸ ἀμαράκινον perfume, ungüento de mejorana Hp.Mul.2.126, 133, PCair.Zen.536.18 (III a.C.), Thphr.Od.28, Apollon.Mys. en Ath.688e, 689e, Aret.CA 1.1.13, Plin.HN 13.5, Lucr.6.973.
