ἐπιρρύζω
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)
A set a dog on one, ἐπί τινα Ar.V.705, acc. to Sch. and Hsch. (where also ἐπιρροφ-ρροίζειν); cf. ῥύζω.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιρρύζω: παρορμῶ, ἐναντίον τινός, ἐπὶ τῶν ἐχθρῶν τινα ἐπιρρύξας Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 705, κατὰ τὸν Σχολ. καὶ Ἡσύχ., ἀλλ’ ὅμως πρβλ. ῥύζω.
French (Bailly abrégé)
exciter (un chien), ἐπί τινα contre qqn.
Étymologie: ἐπί, ῥύζω.
Greek Monolingual
ἐπιρρύζω (Α) ρύζω
(κυρίως για σκυλιά) προτρέπω, εξεγείρω, ερεθίζω εναντίον κάποιου («κᾆθ’ ὅταν οὗτός γ’ ἐπισίξῃ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐχθρῶν τιν’, ἐπιρρύξας ἀγρίως αὐτοῑς ἐπιπηδᾷς», Αριστοφ.).
