justify
From LSJ
Ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός → Whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
defend an action: P. ἀπολογεῖσθαι περί (gen.).
justify a person: P. and V. ἀπολογεῖσθαι ὑπέρ (gen.) (Euripides, Bacchae 41); see defend.
require, demand: P. and V. δεῖσθαι (gen.).
justify oneself: Ar. and P. ἀπολογεῖσθαι.
be justified (in doing a thing): P. and V. δίκαιος εἶναι (infin.).
give an excuse for: P. πρόφασιν διδόναι (with infin.), πρόφασιν ἔχειν (with infin.).
