προστέρπω
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)
Ep. ποτιτέρπω, delight or please besides, Il.15.401.
German (Pape)
[Seite 782] (s. τέρπω), dor. ποτιτέρπω, dazu, dabei ergötzen, σὲ μὲν θεράπων ποτιτερπέτω, Il. 15, 401.
French (Bailly abrégé)
réjouir, charmer.
Étymologie: πρός, τέρπω.
Greek Monolingual
και δωρ. τ. ποτιτέρπω Α
τέρπω, ευχαριστώ κάποιον περισσότερο («ἀλλὰ σὲ μὲν θεράπων ποτιτερπέτω», Ομ. Ιλ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < προσ- / ποτι- (βλ. λ. ποτί) + τέρπω.
Greek Monotonic
προστέρπω: Δωρ. ποτι-τέρπω, μέλ. -ψω, τέρπω ή ευχαριστώ επιπλέον, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
προστέρπω: дор. ποτιτέρπω (только 3 л. sing. imper. ποτιτερπέτω) услаждать, тешить (τινά Hom.).
