ῥαφεύς

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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: rhapheús Transliteration B: rhapheus Transliteration C: rafeys Beta Code: r(afeu/s

English (LSJ)

έως, ὁ, (ῥάπτω)    A stitcher, patcher, cobbler, Poll.7.42.    2 metaph., ῥ. φόνου planner of murder, A.Ag.1604.

German (Pape)

[Seite 835] ὁ, der Näher, Flicker, Sticker, u. übertr., ῥ. φόνου, der Mordanstifter, Aesch. Ag. 1586.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ῥᾰφεύς: έως, ὁ, (ῥάπτω) ῥάπτης, Πολυδ. Ζ΄, 42. 2) μεταφορ., φόνου ῥαφεύς, ἠθικὸς αὐτουργὸς φόνου, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1604.

French (Bailly abrégé)

έως (ὁ) :
celui qui trame un complot.
Étymologie: ῥάπτω.

Greek Monolingual

-έως, ὁ, ΜΑ
ο ράφτης
αρχ.
φρ. «ῥαφεὺς φόνου» — αυτός που μηχανεύεται, που προετοιμάζει τον φόνο κάποιου («κἀγώ δίκαιου τοῡδε τοῡ φόνου ῥαφεύς», Αισχύλ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ῥαφή + κατάλ. -εύς (πρβλ. γραφ-εύς)].

Greek Monotonic

ῥᾰφεύς: -έως, ὁ (ῥάπτω), μπαλωματής, ράφτης· μεταφ., ῥαφεὺς φόνου, αυτός που σχεδιάζει, ηθικός αυτουργός φόνου, σε Αισχύλ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ῥᾰφεύς: έως ὁ ῥάπτω 4] зачинщик, вдохновитель (φόνου Aesch.).

Middle Liddell

ῥᾰφεύς, έως, ὁ, ῥάπτω
a stitcher, patcher: metaph., ῥ. φόνου a planner of murder, Aesch.

English (Woodhouse)

deviser

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