ἐλαχίστου ἐδέησε διαφθεῖραι → narrowly missed destroying
mōly: yos, n., = μῶλυ.I A plant with a white flower and a black root, Plin. 25, 4, 8, § 26.—II Another plant, a kind of nightshade, Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 180.