πλατύρρους
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)
-ουν, contr. for πλατύρροος.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ους, ουν :
contr. att.
au large courant.
Étymologie: πλατύς, ῥέω.
Greek Monolingual
-ουν και -οος, -οον, Α
(ποιητ. τ.) (για ποταμούς) αυτός που έχει πλατύ ρεύμα («ὅς καρπώσεται ὅσην πλατύρρους Νεῖλος ἀρδεύει χθόνα», Αισχύλ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πλατύ- + ῥόος, ῥοῦς (< ῥέω)].
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
πλατύρρους -ουν, contr. [πλατύς, ῥοῦς] met brede stroom.
