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