ἀλγίων
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)
ον, ἄλγιστος, η, ον, irreg. Comp. and Sup. of ἀλγεινός, formed fr. Subst. ἄλγος (cf. καλλίων, αἰσχίων): —
A more or most painful, grievous, or distressing: — of Comp., Hom. has only neut. ἄλγιον, in signf. so much the worse, τῷ δ' ἄλγιον, αἴ κ' ἐθέλῃσιν . . ἄμμι μάχεσθαι Il.18.278, cf. 306, Od.4.292: Sup. only in Il.23.655 ἥτ' ἀλγίστη δαμάσασθαι (of a mule).— Both are common in Trag., as ἀλγίων A.Pr.934, S.Ant.64; ἄλγιστος Id.OT 675, etc. [-ῐον Hom., -ῑον Trag.]
