δευτερ-εύω,
to be second, οὐδενός [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.55.5; δ. μετὰ τὸν βασιλέα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.73, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.18 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; δ. τινός to be next best to it, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.39, compare 1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 10.11.3; δ. τινί ] Refs 1st c.AD+]to play second to.., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Eumenes” 13, cf. LXX.Est.4.8. ] LXX+1st c.AD+]