# ἀπολογέομαι
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From ἀπόλογος (apólogos) +‎ -έομαι (-éomai).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.po.lo.ɡé.o.mai̯/ → /a.po.loˈʝe.o.mɛ/ → /a.po.loˈʝe.o.me/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /a.po.lo.ɡé.o.mai̯/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /a.po.loˈɡe.o.mɛ/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /a.po.loˈʝe.o.mɛ/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /a.po.loˈʝe.o.me/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /a.po.loˈʝe.o.me/

### Verb

ἀπολογέομαι • (apologéomai) (deponent)
* to speak in defense, defend oneself [with περί (perí, + genitive) ‘about’ or πρός (prós, + accusative) ‘in answer to’ or ὑπέρ (hupér, + genitive) ‘on behalf of’]
* (transitive) to defend oneself against, explain, excuse
* (Koine, Byzantine) to answer
* (Byzantine) to recompense
* (Byzantine) to correspond to

#### Quotations

* 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 21:14:θέσθε οὖν εἰς τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν μὴ προμελετᾷν ἀπολογηθῆναι·thésthe oûn eis tàs kardías humôn mḕ promeletâin apologēthênai;Translation by KJVSettle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
* New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 19:33b:ὁ δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος, κατασείσας τὴν χεῖρα, ἤθελεν ἀπολογεῖσθαι τῷ δήμῳ.ho dè Aléxandros, kataseísas tḕn kheîra, ḗthelen apologeîsthai tôi dḗmōi.Translation by KJVAnd Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.
* 55 CE – 56 CE, Paul the Apostle, Second Epistle to the Corinthians 12:19:Πάλιν δοκεῖτε ὅτι ὑμῖν ἀπολογούμεθα; κατενώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ λαλοῦμεν· τὰ δὲ πάντα, ἀγαπητοί, ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑμῶν οἰκοδομῆς.Pálin dokeîte hóti humîn apologoúmetha? katenṓpion toû Theoû en Khristôi laloûmen; tà dè pánta, agapētoí, hupèr tês humôn oikodomês.Translation by KJVAgain, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.

#### Derived terms

* ἀπολογούμενος (apologoúmenos, “defendant”)
* ἀναπολόγητος (anapológētos)

#### Related terms

* ἀπολέγω (apolégō)
* ἀπολογητικός (apologētikós)
* ἀπολογία (apología)

#### Descendants

* Greek: απολογούμαι (apologoúmai)

### Further reading

* ἀπολογέομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* ἀπολογέομαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
* ἀπολογέομαι in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
* ἀπολογέομαι, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
* “ἀπολογέομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* G626 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. answer idem, page 31.apologise idem, page 34.defend idem, page 204.exculpate idem, page 289.excuse idem, page 290.justify idem, page 466.plead idem, page 619.rejoin idem, page 689.stand idem, page 810.vindicate idem, page 952.