ἁλίσκεσθαι
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 ἁλίσκομαι): be captured, be caught in the act, be condemned, be convicted, be found guilty, be taken, convicted, have a verdict against one
Lexicon Thucydideum
expugnari, to be stormed, 1.23.2, 1.102.3, 2.31.3, 2.76.3. 3.29.1, 3.29.2. 3.34.1, 3.34.14.68.4, 4.100.4, 4.115.3, 5.3.1. 5.3.3. 5.63.2. 6.2.3, 7.23.2. 7.23.27.31.3, 8.23.2, [Vat. Vatican manuscript ἑάλω]. 8.23.4.
capi, to be taken, 1.128.5, 3.114.1, 4.26.7, 4.48.4, 4.57.4, 4.104.1, 7.3.5, 7.24.2, 7.34.6. 7.41.3, 7.71.6, 8.23.4, 8.34.1,
comprehendi, deprehendi, to be seized, be caught, 1.103.1, 4.46.3,
debellari, to be subdued, 1.121.4, 7.40.4.
