ἀνεμώνη
From LSJ
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
English (LSJ)
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A poppy anemone, Anemone coronaria, Cratin.98, Pherecr.108.25, Theoc.5.92, Thphr.HP7.10.2; α. ήμερος Dsc.2.176. 2 α. αγρία scarlet wind-flower, Anemone fulgens, ibid.; also called α. φοινική Crateuas Fr.4; α. λειμωνία Thphr.HP6.8.1. 3 α. ορεία, mountain wind-flower, Anemone blanda, ibid.; αίμα ρόδον τίκτει, τά δέ δάκρυα τάν α. Bion 1.66. II metaph., ανεμώναι λόγων flowers of speech (with suggestion of emptiness), Luc.Lex. 23.
