ἀλαλαγή
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)
ἡ, A shouting, S.Tr.206.
German (Pape)
[Seite 88] ἡ (ἀλαλάζω), eigtl., wie auch Schol. erkl., Kriegsgeschrei, Jauchzen, Eur. H. fur. 10 Phoen. 345; aber Soph. Tr. 206 steht jetzt ἀλαλαῖς nach besseren mss.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀλᾰλᾰγή: ἡ, κραυγή, Σοφ. Τρ. 206· πρβλ. ἀλαλή, ἀλαλάζω.
French (Bailly abrégé)
v. ἀλαλή.
Spanish (DGE)
(ἀλᾰλᾰγή) -ῆς, ἡ
• Prosodia: [ᾰ-]
griterío que se produce en el momento del encuentro de los adversarios de guerra, o bien en el duelo o el delirio orgiástico, E.Io 677, App.BC 4.79, Sch.Pi.O.7.68.
Greek Monolingual
η (Α ἀλαλαγὴ) ἀλαλάζω
δυνατή κραυγή χαράς ή ενθουσιασμού.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἀλαλἀζω.
ΠΑΡ. μσν. ἀλαλάϊ].
Greek Monotonic
ἀλᾰλᾰγή: ἡ, κραυγή, σε Σοφ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Middle Liddell
[from ἀλαλάζω
a shouting, Soph., Hdt.
