κατατρέχω
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
English (LSJ)
aor. 1 inf. καταθρέξαι only in Hsch.: aor. 2
A κατέδρᾰμον Ar.Ec.961, etc.: pf. -δεδράμηκα [ᾰμ] X.HG4.7.6:—Pass., aor. inf. καταδρᾰμηθῆναι Heph.Astr.1.21:—run down, Ar.l.c.; ἀπὸ τῶν ἄκρων Hdt.7.192; κάτω Id.3156; ἐπὶ θάλατταν X. An.7.1.20; ἐπί τινας Act.Ap.21.32. 2 of seamen or passengers by sea, run to land, disembark, X.HG5.1.12; εἰς ἐμπόρια Plb.3.91.2: metaph., κ. ξένιον ἄστυ come to a haven in... f.l. in Pi.N.4.23. II trans., run down, inveigh against, τὴν Σπάρτην Pl.Lg.806c, cf. Diog.Oen.12, D.C.50.2, etc.: more freq. c. gen., Phld.Vit.p.42 J., etc.; κ. τῶν μάντεων D.L.2.135; τῶν συνόντων τοῖς δυνάσταις D.C.61.10; τῆς μέθης Ath.1.1ce; Ἀλκιβιάδου ὡς οἰνόφλυγος Id.5.22oc, cf. A.D.Synt.100.19; κατὰ τῆς βουλῆς, κατὰ τῆς μοναρχίας, D.C.36.44, 66.13. 2 overrun, ravage, lay waste, τῆς Σαλαμῖνος τὰ πολλά Th.2.94, cf. 8.92, Dionys. Com.3.5, D.S.2.44, Luc.Alex.2, etc., oppress, τοὺς γεωργούς PTeb. 41.30 (ii B.C.). 3 run over, c. gen., κὰδ δ' ἄρα οἱ βλεφάρων βαρὺς ἔδραμεν ὕπνος Theoc.22.204. 4 pursue, LXX Le.26.37. 5 hurry, Plu.2.512e. 6 slip down, of a bandage, Gal.18(1).829.