κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
căpistro: (āvi), ātum, 1, v. a. id..
I To halter, tie with a halter: jumenta, Col. 6, 19, 2; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 177; Ov. H. 2, 80; Sid, Carm. 22, 23.—*
II Transf., of the vine, to bind fast, to fasten, Col. 11, 2, 95.