κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
perceptible by the senses: V. αἰσθητός (Plato).
manifest: P. and V. λαμπρός, ἐμφανής, φανερός, σαφής. ἐναργής; see manifest.