ἀποσπάς
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)
άδος,ἡ,
A torn off from, τινός Nonn.D.1.289, al.: metaph., βασσαρίδες ἀποσπάδες ἠθάδος ὕλης ib.34.347, etc. II as Subst., slip for propagating, Gp.11.9, etc.; vine-branch or bunch of grapes, AP6.300 (Leon.): metaph., branch of a river, Eust.1712.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 325] άδος, fem. zu ἀποσπάδιος, abgerissen, Nonn.; ἡ ἀπ., abgerissener Zweig, Ranke, Leon. Tar. 13 (VI, 300).
