ἀπολογία

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A speech in defence, opp. κατηγορία, Antipho6.7, Th.3.61, Pl.Ap.28a, etc.; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι to make a defence, Is.6.62; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς ἀδικημάτων Lys.14.29; τῶν κατηγορηθέντων τὸ μὴ λαβὸν ἀπολογίαν Hyp.Eux.31; ἀ. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Ep.Phil.1.16; expl. by πληροφορία, Hsch.

German (Pape)

[Seite 313] ἡ, die Vertheidigung, Schutzrede, -schrift, Thuc. 3, 61 Plat. Phaed. 63 d u. öfter; ἀπολογίαν ποιεῖσθαι ὅτι Dem. 49, 59; vgl. Lys. 14, 29.