ἐπικρατής

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.