αὐλών
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)
ῶνος, ὁ, also ἡ S.Fr.549, Ar.Av.244, Carc.1, Philostr.Im. 2.6:—
A hollow between hills or banks, defile, glen, h.Merc.95, Hdt.7.128,129, Ar.l.c. (lyr.); expld. as οἱ στενοὶ καὶ ἐπιμήκεις ποταμοί Sch. Il.Oxy.221 xiv 19. 2 channel, trench, A.Fr.167A, Hdt.2.100,127, X.An.2.3.10. 3 strait, Μαιωτικός A.Pr.731; πόντιαι αὐ. sea-straits, channels, S.Tr.100 (lyr.). 4 pipe, conduit, Pl.Ti.79a; metaph. of windpipe or duct, Arist.PA664a27, Gal.UP4.14. 5 furrow in an elephant's hide, Aret.SD2.13.
