ἀνασμύχω
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)
A consume as by fire, of disease, Aret.SD1.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 207] aufschwelen, verdampfen lassen, Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνασμύχω: καταναλίσκω τι βραδέως ὡς διὰ ἡσύχου πυρός, «οὐ γὰρ τοῦ σώματος μοῦνον ἀπρὶξ λαβόμενον ταχὺ ἀνασμύχει τε καὶ δάπτει» Ἀρετ. π. Αἰτ. Χρον. Παθ. 1. 1.
Spanish (DGE)
consumir Aret.SD 1.1.2.