κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
-α, -ο (Α νυκτόβιος, -ον)βλ. νυκτόβιος.