σοβάς
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, poet. fem. of σοβαρός, of bacchanals and courtesans,
A insolent, capricious, Eup.344, cf. Ph.1.568, 2.266. II ἡ σοβάς, a kind of dance, Ath.14.629f.
German (Pape)
[Seite 912] άδος, ἡ, bes. poet. fem. zu σοβαρός, heftig, ungestüm im Gange, von Bacchantinnen; eitel, hoffährtig, Eupolis bei Schol. Ar. Pax 812; bei Ath. XIV, 629 f ein komischer Tanz; Hesych. erkl. ὑπερήφανοι, ἄστατοι, μαινόμεναι.
