συνηγορέω

A. ‐ᾶσαι PAmh. 2.33.20,32, part. written correctly ‐ήσας, ‐ήσαντες, ib.34, 31 (ii B.C.):—plead in court, Pl. Lg. 937a, PAmh. ll. cc., etc.; ἐπὶ μισθῷ τινι ς. Arist. Rh.Al. 1444a20; ς. τινί to be his advocate, plead his cause, Ar. Ach. 685, Aeschin. 2.15, etc.; [τᾷ πόλι] IG l.c.: c. dat. rei, πονηρῷ πράγματι Isoc. 1.37; ὑπὲρ τοῦ δικαίου D. 51.18; ὑπὲρ Εὐκτήμονος Arist. Rh. 1374b36; ς. περὶ τῶν ἀριστείων τῇ ἡδονῇ advocate its claims to the first place, Id. EN 1101b28; ς. εἰς τὸ πάντα πραχθῆναι τὰ συμφέροντα τῷ δήμῳ IG 22.844.14:—Pass., οἱ ‐γορούμενοι ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ my clients, PHamb. 29.11 (i A.D.); ἐνδέχεται . . τὴν δόξαν οὐκ ὀρθῶς συνηγορεῖσθαι Gal. 15.36.
2. ς. τῷ κατηγόρῳ second the accuser, S. Tr. 814.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
An open-access project