ἑψάω
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
German (Pape)
[Seite 1132] = ἕψω, zw., bei D. Sic. 4, 84 ist ἑψῶντες von Dindorf in ἕψοντες aus Euseb. geändert.