κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
[Seite 824] ές, = πυριφεγγής, Orac. Sib.; vgl. Lob. Phryn. 686.
πῠροφεγγής: -ές, = πυριφεγγής, Χρησμ. Σιβ. 8. 435.