ἀπολογ-έομαι,
aorist ἀπελογησάμην[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 41, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.13, but _falsa lectio_ in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 261c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.3] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also aorist passive ἀπελογήθην[[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.1, +others, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 12 (probably suprious in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.4.13)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἀπολελόγημαι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.33, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.218 (in _passive_ sense, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 607b)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—speak in defence, defend oneself, opposed to κατηγορεῖν, περί τινος about a thing, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.7, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.72] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὴν μαρτυρίαν in reference or answer to the evidence, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.3, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.29; πρός τινας ] Refs 5th c.BC+]before.., [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 357, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 22.6.4: later, with _dative_, κατηγορίαις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 23] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ὑπέρ τινος speak in another's behalf, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.161, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 41, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 488a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ὑπέρ τινος speak in support of a fact, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.1; ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀδικίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 480b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς Μέλητον in answer to him, [[ [prev. author] “Ap.” 24b: _absolutely_, παρὼν ἀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.136, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 188; ὁ ἀπολογούμενος ] Refs 5th c.BC+]the defendant, [[ [prev. author] “V.” 778, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]