ἀναξέω
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)
A hew smooth, polish, IG7.3073.123 (Lebad.); part. contr. ἀναξῶν ib.22.463.72:—Pass., λίθου ἀνεξεσμένου J.AJ13.6.6.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀναξέω: ξέω καλῶς, ξέων καθιστῶ λείαν τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν λίθου ἢ ξύλου, στιλβώνω, λίθου ἀνεξεσμένου Ἰωσὴπ. Ἀρ. Ἰ. 13. 6, 6. - ἀναξῶν = ἀναξέων, Ἐπιγρ. Ἀθηνῶν, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. Ἀττ. ΙΙ. 167, ϛ΄, 72.
