ἅλων
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)
ωνος, ἡ,
A = ἅλως (usu. in sense 1), rare in nom., Thphr.Sign. 31 (pl., in sense 11.1), LXX Ho.9.2, BGU651.5 (ii A.D.); more freq. in oblique cases, BCH39.55 (Arcad., iv B.C., in sense of plantation (?)), PLille13.3, Arist.Vent.973a14, LXX Ge.50.10, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 113] ωνος, ἡ, die Tenne, Aristot. u. Sp., bes. N. T. in cass. obliquis.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἅλων: -ωνος, ἡ, = ἅλως, εὕρηται δὲ ἐν ταῖς πλαγίαις πτώσεσιν, Ἀριστ. π. Ἀνέμ. 3, Ἀποσπ. 238. 4.