λαισήϊον
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)
τό,
A animal's skin with hair left on, used as a shield, βοείας ἀσπίδας εὐκύκλους λαισήϊά τε πτερόεντα Il.5.453 = 12.426, cf. Scol.28.2: used by the Cilicians, Hdt.7.91.
German (Pape)
[Seite 7] τό, eine Art Schild, Tartsche, von ἀσπίς unterschieden, wie Il. 12, 426 βοείας ἀσπίδας εὐκύκλους λαισήϊά τε πτερόεντα neben einander stehen; vgl. scol. bei Ath. XV, 695 f; Her. bemerkt 7, 91 von den Kilikiern λαισήϊα εἶχον ἀντ' ἀσπίδων, ὠμοβοέης πεποιημένα; dah. einige alte Grammatiker es von λάσιος ableiten wollten, während Andere an λαιός denken, mit der linken Hand getragen, schwerlich richtig.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
peau velue servant de bouclier, petit bouclier de cuir.
Étymologie: cf. λάσιος.
