ἔμπρησις
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)
εως, Ion. -ιος, ἡ, A burning, Hdt.8.55, D.H.4.40; οἰκιῶν Pl.R.470a: pl., ἐμπρήσεις οἰκιῶν Aeschin.3.157. II inflammation, Gal.12.693.
German (Pape)
[Seite 817] ἡ, das Anzünden, Verbrennen; Her. 8, 55; οἰκιῶν Plat. Rep. V, 470 a; Folgde.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔμπρησις: -εως, Ἰων. -ιος, ἡ, ἐμπρησμός, πυρπόλησις, Ἡρόδ. 8. 55, Πλάτ. Πολ. 470Α· κατὰ πληθυντ., ἐμπρήσεις οἰκιῶν Αἰσχίν. 76. 3.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
action d’incendier, incendie.
Étymologie: ἐμπίπρημι.
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
• Morfología: [gen. -ιος Hdt.8.55]
1 incendio de edificios, esp. en situación bélica, de templos, Hdt.l.c., D.H.4.40, Str.14.1.22, οἰκιῶν Aeschin.3.157, Pl.R.470a, τῶν μηχανημάτων Thphr.Ign.59, ἐμπρήσεις τε καὶ ἀνδροφονίας Ptol.Tetr.2.9.11, τῆς ἐκκλησίας Pall.V.Chrys.11.7.
2 medic. inflamación de órganos internos, Gal.12.693, Ael.Prom.76.15.
Greek Monolingual
ἔμπρησις, η (Α)
1. εμπρησμός, πυρπόληση
2. ιατρ. φλόγωση.
Greek Monotonic
ἔμπρησις: -εως, Ιων. -ιος, ἡ, εμπρησμός, πυρπόληση, σε Ηρόδ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἔμπρησις: εως ἡ поджигание, сжигание (сожжение) (τοῦ ἱροῦ Her.; οἰκιῶν Plat., pl. Aeschin.).
Middle Liddell
ἔμπρησις, εως [from ἐμπρήθω n
a conflagration, Hdt.
