α3184Ἀπήρυκεν
kept away
[Meaning he/she/it] prevented. "He alone resisted and kept away the beast." And elsewhere: "and by continuously throwing heavy objects they prevented any damage to the wall."
Ἀπήρυκεν· ἀπεκώλυεν. ὁ δὲ μόνος ὑφίστατο καὶ ἀπήρυκε τὸ θηρίον. καὶ αὖθις· καὶ βάρη συνεχῆ ἐπιβάλλοντες, ἀπήρυκον τοῦ λυμαίνεσθαί τι τοῦ τείχους.