λούτριον
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)
τό,
A water that has been used in washing, Ar.Eq. 1401, Fr.306, Luc.Lex.4. II = λουτήρ, λ. χαλκοῦν μέγα CPR p.125 (iii A. D.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λούτριον: τό, ὕδωρ χρησιμεῦσαν εἰς λοῦσιν, ἀπόλουμα, ἀπόλουτρον, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 1401, Ἀποσπ. 290, Λουκ. Λεξιφ. 4.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
eau sale d’un bain.
Étymologie: λουτρόν.
Greek Monolingual
λούτριον, τὸ (Α) λουτρόν
το νερό που χρησιμοποιήθηκε για πλύσιμο κάποιου («δεὸς μὴ ἐν λουτρίῳ ἀπολουσώμεθα», Λουκιαν.).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
λούτριον: τό грязная вода после мытья, помои (ἐκ τῶν βαλανείων Arph.).
