κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
ἑτοιμόφθορος: -ον, εὐκόλως φθείρων, καταστρέφων, Ἰωάν. Χρυσ. Ὁμ. 116, τ. 6.
