ἔξοχος
ἔξοχος
ἔξοχος, ον
ἐξέχω
standing out: metaph. eminent, excellent, Hom.
c. gen. standing out from, most eminent, greatest, mightiest, used like a superl., ἔξοχος ἡρώων, ἔξ. ἄλλων Il.; but a real Sup. ἐξοχώτατος Aesch., Eur.:—also c. dat., μέγʼ ἔξοχοι αἰπολίοισιν eminent among the herds, Od.; so, ἐν πολλοῖσι ἔξοχος ἡρώεσσιν Il.
neut. pl. ἔξοχα as adv., especially, above others, Hom.; ἐμοὶ δόσαν ἔξοχα gave me as a high honour, Od.; ἔξοχʼ ἄριστοι beyond compare the best, Hom.
c. gen., ἔξοχα πάντων far above all, Hom.