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
subs.
P. παράδοξον, τό, ἄτοπον, τό. State a paradox: P. ἄτοπον λέγειν (Plat., Euthyd. 286D).