καρκίνος
οἴνῳ τὸν οἶνον ἐξελαύνειν → chase out the wine with wine, take a hair of the dog that bit you, try to drive out the wine with wine
English (LSJ)
[ῐ], ὁ, heterocl. pl. καρκίνα (v. sub. fin.: on the accent v. Hdn.Gr.2.926):—
A crab, Epich.53, Hellanic.103 J., S.Ichn.298, Ar. Eq.608, Pl.Euthd.297c, Batr.299; κ. ποδήνεμοι Crates Com.29.3: various species distinguished, Arist.HA525a34, cf. 601a17, al.: prov., οὔποτε ποιήσεις τὸν καρκίνον ὀρθὰ βαδίζειν Ar.Pax1083; εἴς μ' ὁρεῦσα καρκίνου μέζον 'with saucer-eyes', Herod.4.44. II Cancer, as a sign in the zodiac, Eudox. ap. Hipparch.1.2.18, Euc. Phaen.p.10 M., Arat.147, etc. III eating sore or ulcer, cancer, = καρκίνωμα, Hp.Aph.6.38, D.25.95, Gal.10.83. IV from like ness of shape to crab's claws, 1 pair of pincers, Aen.Tact.20.3, 32.5, IG11(2).165.11 (Delos, iii B.C.), AP6.92 (Phil.), Ath.10.456d; κ. σιδηροῦς POxy.521.14 (ii A.D.); used as an instrument of torture, D.S.20.71: in Surgery, forceps, κ. ἰατρικός IG22.47.16: metaph., λήψεται τὸν τράχηλον ἐντόνως ὁ κ. E.Cyc.609. 2 = ζυγώματα, bones of the temples, Poll.2.85. 3 a kind of shoe, Pherecr.178. 4 a kind of bandage, Heliod. ap. Orib.48.54 tit., Gal.18(1).777. 5 pair of compasses, Ph.Bel.55.25, Ph.2.192, Gal.Opt.Doctr.3, S.E.M. 10.54: heterocl. pl., καρκίνα σπειροῦχα AP6.295.5 (Phan.). 6 still, implied in καρκινοειδής 11 (q. v.). V pr. n. of Attic tragedian, hence prov., Καρκίνου ποιήματα, = τὰ αἰνιγματώδη, Men.525; Megarian pr. n. Κερκίνος SIG201.12 (iv B.C.). (Cf. Lat. cancer, Skt. karka[tnull ]as 'crab'.)
