ἐξαιρεῖν
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
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἐξαιρέω): choose, disarm, except, remove, select, clear away, keep apart, pick out, single out, take away
Lexicon Thucydideum
seponere, eximere, to set apart, take out, 3.50.2,
PASS. 3.114.1,
exscindere, to cut off, 3.133.6, 4.69.1, 4.122.6, 5.43.3, 8.46.3, 8.100.3 [ubi nonnulli codd. where several manuscripts ἐξελθεῖν].
MED. deponere, to put down, lay aside, 8.28.1, 8.90.5,
abiicere, to throw away, 6.24.2.
