ἀποκοντόω
From LSJ
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English (LSJ)
(κοντός) thrust away or out, τὰ ὀπίσω Procop.Arc.9.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποκοντόω: (κοντὸς) τινάσσω πρὸς τὰ ἔξω, «καὶ τὰ ὀπίσω ἀποκοντῶσα» Προκ. Ἱστ. Ἀνέκδ. 9, σ. 62, 14.