ἀναρίτης
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)
[ῑ], ου, ὁ, = νηρείτης, Ibyc.22, Epich.42, cf. 114, Herod. 11 (ἀνηρ-). (ῑ not ει acc. to Hdn.Gr.2.475.)
Spanish (DGE)
(ἀνᾱρίτης) v. ἀνηρίτης.
German (Pape)
[Seite 205] ὁ, eine Meerschnecke, Ibyc. frg. 34; Ath. III, 86 b; auch νηρίτης.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνᾱρίτης: [ῑ], -ου, ὁ, = νηρείτης, Ἴβυκ. 34, Ἐπίχ. 23 Ahr.· πρβλ. νηριτοτρόφος. - «ζῷον κοχλιῶδες ἐν πέτραις» Ἡσύχ.
Greek Monolingual
ἀναρίτης, ο (Α)
θαλάσσιο όστρακο πολύχρωμο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Τύπος των δυτ. ελληνικών διαλέκτων αντί νηρείτης, νηρίτης (όνομα διαφόρων ειδών θαλάσσιων κοχυλιών)].
Frisk Etymological English
See also: νηρίτης
Frisk Etymology German
ἀναρίτης: {anarítēs}
Etymology: westgriechisch für νηρίτης (Magnien MSL 21, 59), s. d.
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