ἀπηγορέομαι
From LSJ
πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
English (LSJ)
Med.,
A defend oneself, like ἀπολογέομαι, Arist.Pr. 951a23:—Act., defend, Simp.in Cat.17.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 290] sich vertheidigen, Arist. Probl. 29, 13.