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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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Greek Monolingual

-η, -ο θηλ. και -ος
1. αυτός που έχει την τάση να απομακρύνεται από το κέντρο, φυγόκεντρος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αντιδάνεια λ., πρβλ. γαλλ. centrifuge (< centri-, πρβλ. κεντρο-) + -fuge (πρβλ. -φυξ < φεύγω). Η λ., στον λόγιο τ. κεντρόφυξ, μαρτυρείται από το 1766 στον Νικηφόρο Θεοτόκη].

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