ἀνασπαστός
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)
όν,
A drawn up, Ar.V.382: but mostly, dragged up the country, of tribes compelled to emigrate into Central Asia, ἀνασπαστοὺς ποιῆσαι τοὺς Παίονας ἐς τὴν Ἀσίην Hdt.5.12; τούτους ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἀ. ἐποίησαν παρὰ βασιλέα Id.4.204, cf. 6.9, 32; τοὺς ἀ. κατοικίζειν Id.3.93; εὐθὺς ἀ. removing hastily, Plb.2.53.5. 2 of a door or gate, drawn back, opened from inside, S. Ant.1186. II as Subst., οἱ ἀ. (sc. ἱμάντες) latchets, Ath.12. 543f.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνασπαστός: -όν, ἢ ἀνάσπαστος, ον: ― κατὰ τὸν ἐν Ἐτυμ. Μ. 269. 3, κανόνα ὁ ὀξύτονος τύπος εἶναι ὁ μόνος ὀρθός, ἀλλ’ ἐν τοῖς χειρογρ. καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἐκδόσεσιν ἐπικρατεῖ ὁ προπαροξύτονος: ― ὁ ἀνασυρθείς, ὁ πρὸς τὰ ἄνω ἀχθείς, Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 382: ἀλλ’ ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ὁ μετοικιζόμενος διὰ τῆς βίας ἐκ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ πατρίδος εἰς ἄλλην χώραν, Παίονας.. ἀνασπάστους ποιῆσαι ἐκ τῆς Εὐρώπης ἐς τὴν Ἀσίην Ἡρόδ. 5. 12· τούτους δὲ ἐκ τῆς Αἰγύπτου ἀνασπάστους ἐποίησαν παρὰ βασιλέα ὁ αὐτ. 4. 204, πρβλ. 6. 9. 32· τοὺς ἀνασπάστους.. κατοικίζει βασιλεὺς ὁ αὐτ. 3. 93, πρβλ. Βαλκ. ἐν 7. 80: παλίννοστος, σπεύδων, Πολύβ. 2. 53, 5. 2) ἐπὶ θύρας ἢ πύλης, πρὸς τὰ ἔσω ἀνοιγομένης, καὶ τυγχάνω τε κλῇθρ’ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης χαλῶσα Σοφ. Ἀντ. 1186. ΙΙ. ὡς οὐσιαστ., οἱ ἀνασπαστοὶ (ἐνν. ἱμάντες), λωρία ὑποδημάτων, ἴδε ἐν λ. ἀναγωγεύς.
French (Bailly abrégé)
c. ἀνάσπαστος.
