ἐπίμεστος
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)
ον, filled up, in full measure, δωσεῖ πάντ' ἐπίμεστα Call. Cer.134, Poll.4.170: neuter plural as adverb, Pherecr.190, Phryn.PS p.70B.
German (Pape)
[Seite 962] angefüllt, voll, πλουτῶν, wird B. A. 40 πάνυ πλουτῶν erkl.; übh. reichlich, Callim. Cer. 134.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπίμεστος: -ον, ὑπερπλήρης, δώσει πάντ’ ἐπίμεστα, ὑπέρπλεα, Καλλ. εἰς Δήμ. 134· οὐδ. πληθ. ὡς ἐπίρρ., Φερεκρ. παρ’ Ἡσυχ. (ἐν Ἀδήλ. 34)· «ἐπίμεστα πλουτῶν: οἷον ὑπερβάλλοντι τῷ μέτρῳ ἀντὶ τοῦ πάνυ πλουτῶν» Φρύν. ἐν Α. Β. 40. 4.
Greek Monolingual
ἐπίμεστος, -ον (Α)
πολύ γεμάτος, υπερπλήρης.
