ὣς ὁ μὲν ἔνθ' ἀπόλωλεν, ἐπεὶ πίεν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ → so there he perished, when he had drunk the salt water
on the score of numbers: P. and V. ἀρίθμῳ.
be numerically superior: P. πλήθει προέχειν.