ἀξιόποινος
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)
ἀξιόποινον, exacting due punishment, of Athena at Sparta, Paus.3.15.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 270] (ποινή), strafwürdig. Aber Ἀθηνᾶ ἀξ., bei den Lakoniern, Paus. 3, 15, 6, die gerechte Strafen verhängt.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀξιόποινος: -ον, ὁ ἄξιος ποινῆς, ἀλλ’ ἐν Σπάρτῃ τὸ πάλαι ὑπῆρχεν ἱερὸν Ἀθηνᾶς Ἀξιοποίνου ὡς τιμωρούσης ἐπαξίως τοὺς ἀξιοποίνους, «ὡς γὰρ δὴ ἀμυνόμενος Ἡρακλῆς Ἱπποκόωντα καὶ τοὺς παῖδας μετῆλθε κατ’ ἀξίαν ὧν προϋπῆρξαν, ἱερὸν Ἀθηνᾶς ἱδρύεται, Ἀξιοποίνου δὲ ἐπίκλησιν, ὅτι τὰς τιμωρίας οἱ παλαιοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὠνόμαζον ποινάς» Παυσ. 3. 15. 6.
Greek Monolingual
-η, -ο (Α ἀξιόποινος, -ον)
αυτός που αξίζει να τιμωρηθεί, ο κολάσιμος
αρχ.
εκείνος που επιβάλλει την τιμωρία που πρέπει.
