εὐπάτειρα
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)
[ᾰ], ἡ, = sq., Men.616 (with
A v.l. εὐπατέρεια), Choerob. in An.Ox.2.196, Theognost.Can.99, Gramm. in Reitzenstein Gesch.d. Gr.Etym.p.306, Et.Gud., EM318.55; cf. ἀπάτειρα.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εὐπάτειρα: ἡ, = εὐπατέρεια, Μένανδ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 218.