ἀπολογ-ία, ἡ,
speech in defence, opposed to κατηγορία, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.7, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.61, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 28a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι to make a defence, [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.62; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς ἀδικημάτων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.29; τῶν κατηγορηθέντων τὸ μὴ λαβὸν ἀπολογίαν 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 31; ἀ. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου NT.Phil.1.16] NT+5th c.BC+]; explanation by πληροφορία, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]