κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
[Seite 742] hineinkriechen, im aor., εἴς τι, Plut. Cleom. 8, wie Ael. H. A. 12, 32.