ostracias

κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ostrăcĭas: ae, m., and ostrăcītis, ĭdis, f., = οστρακίας, ὀστρακῖτις>,
I a semigem, prob. hornstone or chalcedony, Plin. 37, 10, 65, § 177.