σβεστήριος
From LSJ
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
English (LSJ)
α, ον (ος, ον Ph.1.350),
A serving to quench or put out, κωλύματα [πυρὸς] σ. Th.7.53: as Subst., σβεστήρια τοῦ πυρός D.H.3.56, cf. Plu.Cam.34, etc.: metaph., σ. κακοῦ φάρμακον Heraclit.All.20; σ. ἰάματα (for a fever) Orib.Eup. 3.6.
