α1676Ἀμύνασθαι
to ward off, to requite, to repay
Thucydides [sc. uses this word] to mean a)mei/besqai ["to requite"], but Simonides [uses it] to mean to return favours, and Sophocles to mean a)palech=sai ["to ward off"]. The orators apply the [word] a)mu/nasqai to…
Ἀμύνασθαι· Θουκυδίδης μὲν ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀμείβεσθαι, Σιμωνίδης δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ χάριτας ἀποδιδόναι, Σοφοκλῆς δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπαλεξῆσαι. ἐπὶ τῶν προηδικηκότων τάσσουσιν οἱ ῥήτορες τὸ ἀμύνασθαι,…