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
dē-stĭmŭlo: (di-), āre,
I v. a., to goad on, to stimulate (late Lat.), trop.: exercendi stili amore, Symm. Ep. 4, 26; Paul. Nol. Carm. 27, 23.
dēstĭmŭlō,¹⁶ āre, tr., stimuler, exciter fortement : P. Nol. Carm. 27, 23.