φανή
From LSJ
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A torch, Hes.Fr.47. II φαναί, αἱ, torch-processions, such as took place in the cult of Dionysus, E.Ion550 (troch.); μυστηρίων τε τῶν ἀπορρήτων φανὰς ἔδειξεν Ὀρφεύς Id.Rh.943.
