προσαναστέλλω
From LSJ
οἵ γε καὶ ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἀντιπάλως μᾶλλον ἢ ὑποδεεστέρως τῷ ναυτικῷ ἀνθώρμουν → whose navy, even as it was, faced the Athenian more as an equal than as an inferior
English (LSJ)
A hold in, get under control, τὸν ἵππον Plu.Alex.6; mould an infant's nostrils, Sor.1.103.
German (Pape)
[Seite 750] noch dazu anhalten, hemmen, Plut. Alex. 6.