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ἀπα^μύνω [υ_],
A.keep off, ward off, with collat. notion of defence, τί τινι something for (i.e. from) another, “Αἰτωλοῖσιν ἀπήμυνεν κακὸν ἦμαρ” Il. 9.597; “ἡμῖν ἀπὸ λοιγὸν ἀμύνειν” 1.67; later “τί τινος” Luc.Cyn.13: c. acc. only, “ἀ. τῶν ἐπιόντων κακῶν τὰ ἡμίσεα” Hdt.7.120; ἀ. τὸν βάρβαρον repulse him, 9.90; “τὰς μυίας” Ar.V.597; “τοὺς ἔξωθεν” Pl.R.415e.
2. requite, take vengeance on, “τινά” AP5.6 (Asclep.).
II. Med., keep off from oneself, drive back, repel, “ἄνδρ᾽ ἀπαμύνασθαι” Od.16.72; so “ἀ. μίαν [ναῦν] καὶ ὀλίγψ πλεῦνας” Hdt.5.86; “τὴν πενίην καὶ τὴν δεσποσύνην” Id.7.102, cf. 3.110.
2. abs., defend, protect oneself, “ὁ δ᾽ οὐκ ἀπαμύνετο χερσίν” Od.11.579; πόλις ᾗ ἀπαμυναίμεσθα by which we may protect ourselves, Il.15.738; “μεγέθει” Arist.Long.467a3.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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