warp

From LSJ

αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)

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substantive

P. and V. ἱστός, ὁ, Ar. and P. στήμων, ὁ.

threads of the warp: V. ἤτρια, τά (also in Plato, Phaedrus, 268A, used generically in the sing.).

verb transitive

Lit. and met., P. and V. διαστρέφειν.

Met., P. and V. λυμαίνεσθαι, V. παραλλάσσειν; see corrupt.