σποράδες

From LSJ

αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)

Source

Lexicon Thucydideum

dispersae, scattered, 1.49.5, 3.69.1, 3.77.2.