erwürgen

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

Source

German > Latin

erwürgen, alci elidere spiritum od. fauces od. collum. – trucidare (wie ein Vieh hinschlachten, töten im Kampfe etc.). – Erwürgung, trucidatio.