ἠλάκατα
From LSJ
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
[ᾰκ], ων, τά, only in pl.,
A wool on the distaff, ἠλάκατα στρωφῶσ' ἁλιπόρφυρα Od.6.53,306, cf.7.105; ἠ. στροφαλίζετε 18.315; ἠ. ἀνελισσομένης Alex.Aet.3.4.
