exercite

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

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

exercĭte: adv., v. exerceo,
I P. a. fin.

exercĭtē (inus.), sans relâche : exercitius cogitationes cogitare Apul. M. 11, 29, ruminer laborieusement des pensées.