hervortun
From LSJ
ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
sich: hervortun, sich, vor jmd., se praeferre alci. – sich in etwas vor jmd. h., alqā re praeferri alci (z.B. virtute); in alqa re excellere alci (z.B. in ea arte).