δώσων
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)
οντος, ὁ, fut. part. of δίδωμι, always going to give, always promising: hence Δώσων as a name of Antigonus II, Plu.Cor.11.
German (Pape)
[Seite 696] οντος, ὁ, geben wollend; der stets verspricht, aber nichts giebt, Beiname des Antigonus Il. von Macedonien, s. Plut. Coriol. 11.
Greek Monotonic
δώσων: -οντος, ὁ, μτχ. μέλ. του δίδωμι, αυτός που προτίθεται πάντα να δώσει· το Δώσων ως προσωνύμιο του Αντιγόνου του Βʹ, σε Πλούτ.
Middle Liddell
δώσων, οντος, ὁ,
fut. part. of δίδωμι, always going to give: Δώσων as a name of Antigonus II, promiser, Plut.
