ἀπολογίζομαι
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
English (LSJ)
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A -ῐοῦμαι Phld.Lib. p.50 O., D.C.Fr.109: aor. ἀπελογισάμην Pl.Sph.261c(prob.); Dor. -ιξάμην IG9(1).694.97 (Corcyra): pf. ἀπολελόγισμαι ib.2.594.19, 329.16, D.H.Pomp.1.17 codd.: in pass. sense, X.Oec.9.8:—render an account, ἀ. κατ' ἐνιαυτόν Id.HG6.1.3; ἀ. τὰς προσόδους render an account of the receipts, Aeschin.3.25, cf. IG7.303.21 (Orop.); τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ ib.2.594.19:—Pass., τὰ ἀπολελογισμένα the estimates, X.Oec.9.8. 2 ἀ. εἵς τι refer to a head or class, Pl.Phlb. 25b. II reckon on a thing, calculate that it will be... c. acc. et inf., D.19.20; ἀπολογιεῖται πεῖσαι . . will count on persuading, Phld. l.c.; calculate fully, ἀ. πότερον . . Pl.Sph.l.c. III give a brief account of, τι Arist.Rh.Al.1433b38; περί τινος ib.1444b31; but, recount at length, τι Plb.21.3.2; περίτινος Id.8.24.7; ὡς . . Id.4.25.4.— Prose word: Act., reject, Suid.
