κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
πεντόροβον: τό, -όροβος, ἡ, φυτόν τι, ἀλλαχοῦ γλυκυσίδη. Διοσκ. 3. 157, Πλίν. 25. 10., 27. 60.
