κάκοσμος
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)
κάκοσμον, ill-smelling, A. Fr.180.2, S.Fr.565, Ar.Pax38.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1303] übelriechend; οὐράνη Aesch. frg. 15; Ar. Pax 38.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
puant.
Étymologie: κακός, ὀσμή.
Greek Monolingual
-η, -ο (Α κάκοσμος, -ον)
αυτός που αναδίδει κακή οσμή, δυσώδης, δύσοσμος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κακ(ο)- + -οσμος (< ὀσμή), πρβλ. δείνοσμος, ηδύοσμος].
Greek Monotonic
κάκοσμος: -ον (ὀσμή), αυτός που έχει κακή οσμή, άσχημη μυρωδιά, σε Αριστοφ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
κάκοσμος: дурно пахнущий, зловонный (οὐράνη Aesch., Soph.; sc. κάνθαρος Arph.).
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
κάκοσμος -ον [κακός, ὀσμή] met slechte geur, stinkend.
Middle Liddell
κάκ-οσμος, ον ὀσμή
ill-smelling, Ar.
