ὀρέστερος
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
α, ον, poet. for ὀρεινός, epith. of a snake, Il.22.93 ; of wolves and lions, Od.10.212 ;
A ὀρεστέρα παμβῶτι γᾶ S.Ph.391 (lyr.); παρθένος E.Tr.551 (lyr.); ἀγρευτῆρες Opp.H.4.586. (Posit. Adj. formed from ὄρος (τό), opp. ἀγρότερος from ἀγρός.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 373] poet. = ὀρεινός (kein compar., wie Philoxen. beim E. M. es, von ὀρήεις, für ὀρηέστερος erklärt); Beiwort des Drachen, Il. 22, 93, der Wölfe u. der Löwen, Od. 10, 212; ὀρεστέρα παμβῶτι γᾶ, Soph. Phil. 391, Rhea; ὄρειος θήρ, Eur. Hec. 1058; λέων, Bacch. 1139; κάπροι, Or. 1460.
