ἔξαιτος
From LSJ
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
English (LSJ)
ον, (ἐξαίνυμαι)
A picked, choice, excellent, οἶνόν τ' ἔ. μελιηδέα Il.12.320; νῆα καὶ ἐ. ἐρέτας Od.2.307; ἐ. ἑκατόμβας 5.102: in later Poets like ἐξαίρετος, A.R.4.1004, AP6.332.5 (Hadr.), Man.2.226, 3.354, Mus.Belg.16.71 (Attica, ii A. D.).