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
be discomfited verb intransitive
P. and V. σφάλλεσθαι.
in battle: P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι.