ἀποκρίνεσθαι

From LSJ

Ἑαυτὸν οὐδεὶς ὁμολογεῖ κακοῦργος ὤν → Nemo maleficus se fatetur maleficum → Von sich gibt keiner zu, dass er ein Schurke ist

Menander, Monostichoi, 158

Lexicon Thucydideum

respondere, to respond, answer, 1.28.4, 1.53.3, 1.54.1, 1.90.3. 1.139.3. 1.144.2, 1.144.21.145.1. 2.72.2. 2.74.1. 2.74.2. 3.53.2, 3.61.1.3.113.4. 4.21.3, 4.40.2. 4.99.1. 4.99.14.101.1, 5.32.6. 5.42.2, 5.85.1. 5.112.1, 5.113.1, 6.50.1. 6.88.1, 6.88.2. 7.3.2, 7.10.1, [vulgo et in compluribus codd. commonly and in several manuscripts ἀπεκρίναντο]. 8.71.1, 8.84.2, 8.86.6,
PASS. separari, discedere, to be separated, part, 1.3.3, 4.72.4,
secedere (in aliud), to withdraw (to another place), converti, to turn around, 2.49.1.