Averruncus
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Āverruncus: i, m. averrunco,
I an averting deity: avertendo Averruncare, ut deus, qui eis rebus praeest, Averruncus, Varr. L. L. 7, § 102 Müll.; cf.: In istis diis, quos placari oportet, uti mala a nobis vel a frugibus natis amoliantur, Av[er]uncus quoque habetur Robigus, Gell. 5, 12, 14 Hertz.
