A.master of a thing: only Comp. -έστερος, τῇ μάχῃ superior in . . , Th.6.88; -έστερός τινος γενόμενος having the upper hand of . . , D.C.55.30; “τὸ -έστερον φέρειν” Memn.34.3; κατὰ τὸ -έστερον with success, D.S.37.2.—Hom. only in Adv. -τέως with overwhelming might, impetuously, Il.16.67,81,23.863 (never in Od.); so Hes.Sc.321, A.R.1.367, etc.
ἐπικρα^τ-ής , ές,