δικαιολογία

A. plea in justification, Demad. 7, Arist. Rh.Al. 1438a25, LXX 2 Ma. 4.44, PFlor. 6.13 (iii A. D.): generally, pleading, Plb. 3.21.3, al.
II. pl.,forensic speeches, Arist. Rh.Al. 1421b13, 1432b33.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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