ἀμαχανία

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ἔστι γὰρ τὸ ἔλαττον κακὸν μᾶλλον αἱρετὸν τοῦ μείζονος → the lesser of two evils is more desirable than the greater

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀμαχανία: ἀμάχανος, Δωρ. ἀντὶ ἀμηχανία, ἀμήχανος.

French (Bailly abrégé)

dor. c. ἀμηχανία.

English (Slater)

ᾰμᾱχᾰνία despair, helplessness, extremity ὑπ' ἀμαχανίας ἄγων ἐς φάος τόνδε δᾶμον (O. 5.14) εἶδον τὰ πόλλ' ἐν ἀμαχανίᾳ ψογερὸν Ἀρχίλοχον (P. 2.54) σιγαλὸν ἀμαχανίαν ἔργῳ φυγών (P. 9.92) εἰ καί τι Διωνύσου ἄρουρα φέρει βιόδωρον ἀμαχανίας ἄκος (Pae. 4.26) ἧλθον ἔταις ἀμαχανίαν ἀλέξων τεοῖσιν ἐμαῖς τε τιμαῖς (Pae. 6.10) pl. desperate situations, δύνασαι δὲ βροτο. ῖσιν ἀλκὰν ἀμαχανιᾶν δυσβάτων θαμὰ διδόμεν (N. 7.97)

Greek Monotonic

ἀμαχανία: ἀμάχανος, Δωρ. αντί ἀμηχ-.