συρφετός
From LSJ
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A anything dragged or swept together, sweepings, refuse, litter, χόρτος καὶ σ. Hes.Op.606, cf. Call.Ap.109, Plu.2.97f; συρφετὸν ἡγεῖσθαί τι ib.811e; σ. ῥημάτων Jul.Or.7.218c; cf. σύρμα 1.2. 2 metaph., mixed crowd, mob, rabble, σ. δούλων Pl.Grg.489c; τῷ πολλῷ σ. to the many-headed mob, Id.Tht.152c; ἐλθεῖν εἰς τοιοῦτον σ. Euphro 10.6, cf. Jul.Or.5.173a. b of a single person, one of the mob, οὐ κομψός, ἀλλὰ σ. Pl.Hp.Ma.288d:—hence as Adj., of or like the mob, vulgar, Simp. in Epict. p.86 D., Sch.Hermog. in Rh.4.40 W.
