ἔτασις
From LSJ
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (ἐτάζω)
A trial, affliction, LXXJb.10.17.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1047] ἡ, = ἐξέτασις, LXX.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔτᾰσις: -εως, ἡ, καὶ ἐτασμός, ὁ, (ἐτάζω) ἀμφότερα παρὰ τοῖς Ἑβδ., σπάνιοι τύποι ἀντὶ τῶν συνήθων ἐξέτασις, -σμός. Προσέτι, ἐταστέον = ἐξεταστέον, Τζέτζ.: ἐταστὴς = ἐξεταστής, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. (Προσθῆκαι) 3641b. 42, Σουΐδ.· ἐταστικός, ή, όν, = ἐξεταστικός, Ἐκκλ.- Καθ’ Ἡσύχ. «ἐτασμός· ἐξέτασις. ἢ ὁ ἀριθμὸς παρὰ τοῖς Πυθαγορικοῖς».