ἐπικυδής

A. glorious, distinguished, X. HG 5.1.36; brilliant, successful, ‐έστερα τὰ πράγματα ἐποίησεν Isoc. 4.139; ‐έστεραι ἐλπίδες Plb. 16.4.3; and of persons, ‐έστερος ταῖς ἐλπίσι more sanguine, Id. 5.69.11, cf. Ph. 1.252, al., Onos. 23.2. Adv. Comp. ‐εστέρως, ἀγωνίζεσθαι Plb. 5.23.2.