planto
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
Latin > English
planto plantare, plantavi, plantatus V TRANS :: propagate from cuttings; set out, transplant (L+S); fix in place; form, make
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
planto: āre, v. a. planta.
I To set, plant, transplant (cf. sero): hoc modo plantantur punicae, Plin. 17, 10, 13, § 67; Pall. 4, 5: vineam, Vulg. Luc. 20, 9 et saep. —
II To fix in place, and hence, to form, make: qui plantavit aurem, non audiet? Vulg. Psa. 93, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
plantō, āvī, ātum, āre (planta), tr., planter : Plin. 17, 67 || [fig.] former : Vulg. Psalm. 93, 9 ; Cypr. Ep. 52, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
planto, āvi, ātum, āre (planta), I) pflanzen, versetzen, Gartengewächse, Pallad.: junge Bäume, Plin.: vineam, nemus, Vulg.: arborem fici habere plantatam (gepflanzt), Vulg. – II) bepflanzen, inculta, Vulg. Ezech. 36, 36.
