γραΐς
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)
ΐδος, ἡ, = γραῦς, γραῖα, Charito 6.1, PMag.Lond.125.21 (v A. D.), Palch.in Cat.Cod.Astr.1.95.
Spanish (DGE)
-ΐδος, ἡ
vieja, anciana ἔργον ... προμνηστρίας γραΐδος labor de vieja casamentera Charito 6.1.11, cf. A.Phil.1, Hierocl.Facet.245β, Pall.H.Laus.61.1, PMag.11a.21, Palch. en Cat.Cod.Astr.1.95, Zonar.s.u. γραιοσόβαι, Sch.Ar.Pax 812, Eust.1410.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 504] ΐδος, ἡ, = γραῦς, Charit. u. a. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γρᾱΐς: ΐδος,ἠ, γραῦς, γραῖα,Χαρίτων 6.1.
Greek Monolingual
γραΐς, η (Α)
γριά.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Παράλληλος σχηματισμός προς το γραία, κατά τα οξύτονα σε -ίς].
