α3064Ἀπέσπασε
dragged off
[Meaning he/she/it] took away by force. "The Spartiates sat as suppliants of the god at Tainaron and begged for salvation. But they mercilessly dragged them off and, indeed, killed them."
Ἀπέσπασε· μετὰ βίας ἐξείλετο. οἱ δὲ Σπαρτιᾶται ἐκάθηντο τοῦ θεοῦ ἱκέται ἐς Ταίναρον καὶ ᾔτουν σωτηρίαν. οἱ δὲ ἀπέσπασαν ἀφειδῶς καὶ μάλα ἀπέκτειναν αὐτούς.