onslaught
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. προσβολή, ἡ, εἰσβολή, ἡ, P. ἐπίθεσις, ἐπιχείρησις, ἡ. ἔφοδος, ἡ, ἐπιδρομή, ἡ.
a murderous onslaught: V. θανάσιμον χείρωμα (Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 560).
