κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
P. and V. ταπεινός.
supplicating: V. ἱκέσιος, ἱκτήριος.
