ῥιψαύχην
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)
ενος, ὁ, ἡ,
A tossing the neck (or head), properly of horses: metaph., ῥιψαύχενι σὺν κλόνῳ Pi.Dith.Oxy.1604 ii 13.
German (Pape)
[Seite 846] ὁ, ἡ, den Nacken werfend, bäumend, b.s. vom Pferde, auch von muthigen, trotzigen, hoffartigen Menschen, ἀλαλαί τε ὀρινόμεναι ῥιψαύχενι σὺν κλόνῳ, Pind. frg. 224.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ῥιψαύχην: -ενος, ὁ, ἡ, ὁ ὑψώνων τὸν αὐχένα, κυρίως ἐπὶ ἵππων· μεταφορ., ῥιψαύχενι σὺν κλόνῳ Πινδ. Ἀποσπ. 224· πρβλ. ὑψαύχην, ἐριαύχην.
English (Slater)
ῥιψαύχην
1 in which the neck is tossed ῥιψαύχενι σὺν κλόνῳ (sic codd. Plutarchi 706e, 714c: ἐριαύχενι Plut. 623b: ὑψαύχενι Π.) Δ. 2. 13.
English (Slater)
ῥιψαύχην
1 in which the neck is tossed ῥιψαύχενι σὺν κλόνῳ (sic codd. Plutarchi 706e, 714c: ἐριαύχενι Plut. 623b: ὑψαύχενι Π.) Δ. 2. 13.
