δικαιολογέομαι
From LSJ
ὣς ὁ μὲν ἔνθ' ἀπόλωλεν, ἐπεὶ πίεν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ → so there he perished, when he had drunk the salt water
English (LSJ)
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A -ήσομαι Plb.4.3.12: aor. ἐδικαιολογησάμην Luc.Prom.4, or Pass. ἐδικαιολογήθην Plb.31.12.8: —plead one's cause before the judge, come to issue with a person, abs., Aeschin.2.21; περί τινος Lys.Fr.34; πρός τινα Hyp.Eux.20, Plb.4.3.12, D.Chr.48.10: metaph., Iamb.Myst.3.19. 2 remonstrate, Luc. Alex.55. II later in Act., δ. ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως Inscr.Prien.111.126 (i B. C.), cf. 108.105; οἱ δικαιολογοῦντες advocates, Luc.Tim.11, cf. Apol.12.
