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. and V. πρᾶξις, ἡ, V. ἄνη, ἡ (Aesch., Seven Against Thebes 713).
end: P. and V. τέλος, τό, τελευτή, ἡ, πέρας, τό.
skill: P. and V. τέχνη, ἡ.