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ἔστι γὰρ τὸ ἔλαττον κακὸν μᾶλλον αἱρετὸν τοῦ μείζονος → the lesser of two evils is more desirable than the greater
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
encompass: P. and V. περιβάλλειν, Ar. and V. ἀμπέχειν (rare P.), V. περιπτύσσειν, ἀμφιβάλλειν.
cover: Ar. and V. καλύπτειν. V. συγκαλύπτειν (rare P.), P. and V. περικαλύπτειν; see cover.
conceal: P. and V. κρύπτειν, ἀποκρύπτειν; see conceal.
wrapped round, muffled: V. συγκεκλῃμένος (Euripides, Hecuba 487).
the legs wrapped in fat: V. κνίσῃ κῶλα συγκαλυπτά (Aesch., Prometheus Vinctus 496).
the thighs lay outside the fat that had wrapped them: V. μηροὶ καλυπτῆς ἐξέκειντο πιμελῆς (Sophocles, Antigone 1011).
be wrapped in: Ar. and P. ἐγκαλύπτεσθαι (dat.).
with feet wrapped in felt and sheepskins: P. ἐνειλιγμένος τοὺς πόδας εἰς πίλους καὶ ἀρνακίδας (Plato, Symposium 220B).
