ἐπανακλίνω
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)
[ῑ], A make to lie down, τινά Hp.Acut.(Sp.)37, cf. Sm.Ca.2.5; incline one valve of the heart towards the other, Hp. Cord.10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 900] zurück- u. daranlehnen, niederlegen lassen, Hippocr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπανακλίνω: κατακλίνω τινὰ ἐπάνω εἴς τι, περιτείνων σινδόνιον ἐπανάκλινε αὐτὸν Ἱππ. 403. 13.
Greek Monolingual
ἐπανακλίνω (Α)
1. κατακλίνω κάποιον, τον ξαπλώνω πάνω σε κάτι
2. ιατρ. κατευθύνω τη μία βαλβίδα της καρδιάς προς την άλλη
3. κατευθύνω πίσω, οδηγώ πίσω, παίρνω πίσω κάτι που έδωσα.
