ὁ λαγὼς τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν τρέχει → save one's bacon, save one's neck, save one's skin
adj.
P. and V. ἐξαίρετος, ἔκκριτος, V. κριτός, λεκτός, P. ἔκλεκτος, ἀπόλεκτος. Picked men: use P. and V. λογάδες, αἱ. Picked warriors of Greece: V. Ἑλλάδος λωτίσματα, or λογάδες Ἑλλήνων.