ἀποκρίνεσθαι
From LSJ
Οὐκ ἔστι σιγᾶν αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' εἰκῆ λαλεῖν → Silere non est turpe, sed frustra loqui → nicht Schweigen schändet, sondern Schwätzen auf gut Glück
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.