ἐπικυρτόω
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)
bend forward, κάρηνα Hes.Sc.234:—Pass., to be arched, Luc.Am.14.
German (Pape)
[Seite 955] darüber krümmen, ἐπικυρτώοντε κάρηνα Hes. Sc. 234; med., αἱ σάρκες ἐπικυρτοῦνται Luc. Amor. 14, es rundet sich darüber.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπικυρτόω: κλίνω πρὸς τὰ ἐμπρός, κάρηνα Ἡσ. Ἀσπ. Ἡρ. 234. -Παθ., κυρτοῦμαι, ἠρέμα, Λουκ. Ἔρωτ. 14.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
courber en avant.
Étymologie: ἐπί, κυρτόω.
Greek Monotonic
ἐπικυρτόω: μέλ. -ώσω, κλίνω προς τα μπροστά, σε Ησίοδ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐπικυρτόω: сгибать, наклонять (κάρηνα Hes.); med.-pass. быть закругленным, округлым (αἱ τῶν γλουτῶν σάρκες ἐπικυρτοῦνται Luc.).
