φυσιᾶν

From LSJ

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

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

puff, be out of breath (see also: φυσιῶ, φυσιάω)

Translations

pant

Albanian: dihat; Bulgarian: пъхтя, задъхвам се; Catalan: panteixar; Chinese Mandarin: 喘氣, 喘气, 喘息, 氣喘吁吁; Czech: supět, funět, ztěžka/zrychleně dýchat; Dutch: hijgen; Esperanto: anheli; Finnish: huohottaa, läähättää, puuskuttaa; French: haleter; Galician: abarquiñar, acorar, arfar, alasar, ampear; German: hecheln, keuchen, schnaufen; Greek: αγκομαχάω, ασθμαίνω, βαριανασαίνω, λαχανιάζω; Ancient Greek: ἀνασθμαίνω, ἄνω ἔχειν τὸ πνεῦμα, ἀπνοέω, ἀσθμάζω, ἀσθμαίνω, ἀσπαίρω, ἀσπαρίζω, δυσπνοέω, ἐξασθμαίνω, μαιμάω, πνευματιάω, πνευστιάω, πνευστιῶ, πνέω, σπαίρω, φυσιάω; Hungarian: liheg, zihál; Icelandic: mása; Italian: ansare, ansimare, boccheggiare; Japanese: 喘ぐ; Latin: anhelo; Luxembourgish: hechelen; Maori: kahekahe, kuhakuha, whakahotuhotu, huatare, whakaaeaea, taretare, tūngāngā, kihakiha; Old English: sworettan; Ottoman Turkish: صولومق; Persian: رخیدن; Polish: dyszeć; Portuguese: ofegar, arfar, arquejar; Russian: пыхтеть, задыхаться, запыхаться, запыхаться; Scottish Gaelic: plosg; Spanish: jadear, harbar, acezar, resollar, resolgar; Swedish: flämta, flåsa; Tagalog: hingalin; Walloon: panti, haner