ward off
Ancient Greek word, found 20 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 9.605: οὐκέθʼ ὁμῶς τιμῆς ἔσεαι πόλεμόν περ ἀλαλκών.
Homer, Odyssey 3.237: καὶ φίλῳ ἀνδρὶ δύνανται ἀλαλκέμεν, ὁππότε κεν δὴ
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.262: τὼ μὲν ἔπειθʼ ὅρκοισιν ἀλαλκέμεναι μενέαινον.
All forms of ἄλαλκε