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ἀριστοκρατεῖσθαι

From LSJ

Ἡδύ γε σιωπᾶν ἢ λαλεῖν, ἃ μὴ πρέπει → Silentium anteferendum est turpiloquentiae → Schweig lieber, als zu sagen, was sich nicht gehört

Menander, Monostichoi, 221

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also ἀριστοκρατέομαι): be governed by an aristocracy