key
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. κλῄς, ἡ. Small keys with three teeth: Ar κλειδία . . . τρεῖς ἔχοντα γομφίους (Thesm. 421). Met., see interpretation. Seeing that the place was the key of Sicily: P. ὁρῶντες προσβολὴν ἔχον τὸ χωρίον τῆς Σικελίας (Thuc. 4, 1).