τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
Κρήτη, ἡ.
A Cretan: Κρής, Κρητός, ὁ.
Cretan, adj.: Κρητικός, V. Κρήσιος. Fem. adj., Κρῆσσα.
In Cretan fashion: Κρητικῶς (Ar., Ecc. 1164).
Crētē: ēs, v. 1, Creta
I init.