square
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
substantive
P. τετράγωνον, τό.
carpenter's implement: P. γωνία, ἡ (Plato).
square number: P. τετράγωνος ἀριθμός, ὁ.
square root: P. δύναμις, ἡ.
collecting the heavyarmed troops into a square: P. συναγαγὼν… εἰς τετράγωνον τάξιν τοὺς ὁπλίτας (Thuc. 4, 125).
be drawn up in square: P. ἐν πλαισίῳ τετάχθαι (Thuc. 7, 78).
verb transitive
huge stones squared in the cutting: P. μεγάλοι λίθοι καὶ ἐν τομῇ ἐγγώνιοι (Thuc. 1, 93).
square (with), correspond with: P. and V. συμβαίνειν (dat.). συμπίπτειν (dat.), συντρέχειν (dat.), συμφέρειν, or pass. (dat.), P. συμφωνεῖν (dat.); see correspond.
