LSJ
ή, όν, drawnthrough, of cautery, Paul.Aeg. 6.42. σπάω, draw off, divert, D.S. 3.37; esp. as military term, Plb. 2.24.8, etc. ; — Pass., Arist. PA 670b10.
divert, distract, ἑαυτὸν ἄβακι Iamb. VP 5.24.
Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)