apologatio

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αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων → as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ăpŏlŏgātĭo: ōnis, f. from ἀπόλογος, with the Lat. ending, atio,
I a narration in the manner of Æsop, Quint. 5, 11, 20.