κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
P. γραφίς, ἡ, κάλαμος, ὁ (Plato, phaedrus, 276C).
fold: V. σταθμός, ὁ, αὔλιον, τό (also Xen.), σηκός, ὁ, ἔπαυλα, τά.
shut in: P. and V. εἴργειν, κατείργειν, V. συνείργειν.