κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
hysgĭnum: i, n., = ὕσγινον,
I the darkred color obtained from the plant ὕσγη, Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140; 21, 26, 97, § 170; Vitr. 7, 14; Dig. 32, 1, 78, § 5.