κοχυδέω
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 stream forth copiously, ποταμοὶ . . Ἀχιλλείοις μάζαις κοχυδοῦντες ἐπιβλύξ gushing with cakes, Pherecr.130.4: Ion.impf. κοχύδεσκεν (v.l. κοχύεσκεν) Theoc.2.107.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κοχῠδέω: ἐκρέω ἀφθόνως, ῥέω, ποταμοί... Ἀχιλλείοις μάζαις κοχυδοῦντες ἐπιβλύξ, ῥέοντες μὲ πλακούντια, Φερεκρ. ἐν «Πέρσαις» 1. 4· Ἰων. παρά ??? κοχύδεσκε (διάφ. γραφ. κοχύεσκε) Θεόκρ. 2. 107. (Ὑπάρχει Ἐπίρρ. κόχυ = πολύ, πλῆρες, παρ’ Ἡσυχ.· οὐσιαστ. κόχος, «δαψιλὴς ῥοῦς» Σχόλ. εἰς Θεόκρ. 2. 106· καὶ οἶνος κοχύζει εἶναι ἐπιτυχὴς εἰκασία τοῦ Meineke (ἀντὶ κοκκύζει) παρὰ τῷ Στράτ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 3. (Οὗτοι εἶναι μετ’ ἀναδιπλασιασμοῦ τύποι ἐκ τοῦ χέω, χύδην, πρβλ. μορμύρω, ποιφύσσω.)
