get the upper hand
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 > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)
κρατεῖν, κρείσσων εἶναι, ἐπιπολάζειν, πλεονεκτεῖν, νικᾶν
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