δέατο
From LSJ
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
English (LSJ)
A seemed, ἀεικέλιος δέατ' εἶναι methought he was a pitiful fellow, Od.6.242; εἰκ ἂν δέατοι, = ἢν δοκῇ, ὅσᾳ ἂν δ., = ὅσῃ ἂν δοκῇ, IG5(2).6.10, 18 (Tegea); ὁπόθ' ἂν δεάσητοι ἀμφοτέροις ib.343.24 (Orchom. Arc.); cf. δέαται· δοκεῖ, δεάμην· ἐδοκίμαζον, ἐδόξαζον, δέασθεν (prob.): ἐδόκουν, Hsch. (Root δεψᾰ, cf. δῆλος, δοάσσατο, Skt. d[imacracute]deti 'appear'.)
