δευτερεύω

A. to be second, οὐδενός Plb. 18.55.5; δ. μετὰ τὸν βασιλέα D.S. 1.73, cf. Str. 8.6.18; δ. τινός to be next best to it, Dsc. 3.39, cf. Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 10.11.3; δ. τινί to play second to . ., Plu. Eum. 13, cf. LXX Es. 4.8.