κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
frictĭo: ōnis, f. frico,
I a rubbing, rubbing down, friction of parts of the body: vehemens, lenis, Cels. 2, 14: frictionem adhibere, id. ib.: frictione uti, id. ib.: frictionem lenem admovere, id. 3, 18.