ἀποσκιρτάω
From LSJ
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
English (LSJ)
A skip away, τῆς ἀγελῆς Hellanic.111 J.; in Str.17.1.31 to have a bout of skipping or capering: metaph., to be restive or rebellious, Luc.Merc.Cond. 23, Them.Or.7.87b.
German (Pape)
[Seite 325] wegspringen, δάμαλις – τῆς ἀγέλης, von der Heerde, Dion. Hal. 1, 35; Luc. Merc. cond. 23.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποσκιρτάω: μέλλ. -ήσω, ἀποσκιρτῶ, φεύγω, Ἑλλανικ. 97· ἀποσκιρτήσας τῆς ἀγέλης Διον. Ἁλ. 1. 35· παρὰ Στράβ. 807, ἐπὶ βοός, σκιρτῶ, πηδῶ, τῆδε κἀκεῖσε.
