ἔξ-οχος (ἔχω): prominent, preëminent above
or among, w. gen., Il. 14.118, or w.
dat. (in local sense), Il. 2.483,
Od. 21.266.—Adv., ἔξοχον and ἔξοχα, preëminently, chiefly,
most; ‘by preference,’ Od. 9.551
; ἔξοχ᾽ ἄριστοι,
‘far’ the best, Il.
9.638, Od. 4.629.