ἔκπυρος
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)
ον,
A burning hot, Str.15.1.26, v.l. in Hdt.4.73; σῶμα Sor.2.54 : metaph., ἵππου βλέμμα Poll.1.192 : neut. pl. as Adv., τί μ' ἔκπυρα λούεις; AP5.81 (v.l. for ἔμπ-).
German (Pape)
[Seite 777] entzündet, brennend heiß, χώρα Strab. XV p. 697; Theophr. vom Winde; ἔκπυρα λούειν, adverbial, Ep. ad. 64 (V, 82); auch ἐκπύρως, Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔκπῠρος: -ον, (πῦρ) θερμότατος, καυστικός, καίων, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ: Αἰτ. 2. 19, 4, Στράβων 697· φλογερός, Μάξ. Τύρ. τ. 2. σ. 2, 21· - οὐδ. πληθ. ὡς ἐπίρρ., τί μ’ ἔκπυρα λούεις; Ἀνθ. Π. 5. 82.
Spanish (DGE)
(ἔκπῠρος) -ον
I 1caliente, que quema πολλῷ γὰρ ἐκπυρώτερος ὁ τόπος Thphr.Vent.14, ἡ χώρα Str.15.1.26, 32, ἀήρ Str.15.3.10, ἥλιος Archig. en Orib.Syn.3.144, ἀναθυμίασις Gal.19.299, τὸ ἀγγεῖον Gal.12.732, cf. Mac.Aeg.Serm.B 4.5.1, Hom.40.7, οἱ ἄνω οὐρανοί, ἔκπυροι ὄντες τὴν φύσιν Corp.Herm.Fr.25.12.
2 que arde fácilmente (ξύλα) ἔκπυρά ἐστι καὶ εὔκλαστα Ath.Mech.18.1.
3 medic. febril μήτρα Sor.4.2.89.
II fig.
1 fiero, irascible τρηχεῖς καὶ ἔκπυροι de un tipo de serpientes, Nic.Th.151 (text. dud.).
2 ardiente πίστις Gr.Nyss.V.Mos.66.10
•neutr. plu. como adv. ἔκπυρα en fuego, de modo abrasador βαλάνισσα, τί μ' οὕτως ἔκπυρα λούεις; AP 5.82.
