parry
From LSJ
Ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτίμησεν... → The Council and the People honored... (inscription in the Roman city of Aizonai)
Ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτίμησεν... → The Council and the People honored... (inscription in the Roman city of Aizonai)
ward off from oneself: P. and V. ἀμύνεσθαι, εὐλαβεῖσθαι.
parry a question: P. διακρούεσθαι, ὑπεξίστασθαι.