περιφείδομαι

A. spare and save alive, ἀμῶν Isyll. 26; πατρός A.R. 1.620, cf. Plu. Luc. 3; ζωῆς AP 7.534 (Alex. Aet. or Autom.).

2. to be careful, τοῦ μὴ . . [ἀφελεῖν] Archig. ap. Orib. 46.25.2.