περιφείδομαι
From LSJ
Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible
English (LSJ)
A spare and save alive, ἀμῶν Isyll.26; πατρός A.R.1.620, cf. Plu.Luc.3; ζωῆς AP7.534 (Alex. Aet. or Autom.). 2 to be careful, τοῦ μὴ . . [ἀφελεῖν] Archig. ap. Orib.46.25.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 598] schonen und übrig lassen; Ap. Rh. 1, 620; τινός, Plut. Luc. 3.