ἀμυντέον
From LSJ
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
English (LSJ)
verb. Adj. of ἀμύνω,
A one must assist, c. dat. pers., X.Cyr.8.6.6: also pl., ἀμυντέ' ἐστὶ τοῖς κοσμουμένοις S.Ant.677. II one must repel, Ar. Lys.661.