I.standing out: metaph. eminent, excellent, Hom.
2.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., μέγ᾽ ἔξοχοι αἰπολίοισιν eminent among the herds, Od.; so, ἐν πολλοῖσι ἔξοχος ἡρώεσσιν Il.