ψαυστός

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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: psaustós Transliteration B: psaustos Transliteration C: psafstos Beta Code: yausto/s

English (LSJ)

ή, όν, A touched, ἄγαλμα οὐδὲ ψ. χειρὸς ἀνθρωπίνης, i. e. not made by mortal hand, Hdn.1.11.1.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1392] adj. verb. von ψαύω, berührt, zu berühren.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ψαυστός: -ή, -όν, ῥημ. ἐπίθ., ὃν δύναταί τις νὰ ψαύσῃ, ψηλαφητός, Ἡρῳδιαν. 1. 11.

Greek Monolingual

-ή, -όν, Α ψαύω
αυτός τον οποίο μπορεί κανείς να ψαύσει, να τον αγγίξει ελαφρά ή να τον χαϊδέψει ερωτικά.