ἀπολογίας

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἀπολογίας

   a-po-lo-GI-as

   of defense
2. sentence🔊 πρὸς οὓς ἀπεκρίθην ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἔθος Ῥωμαίοις χαρίζεσθαί τινα ἄνθρωπον πρὶν ἢ ὁ κατηγορούμενος κατὰ πρόσωπον ἔχοι τοὺς κατηγόρους τόπον τε ἀπολογίας λάβοι περὶ τοῦ ἐγκλήματος

   pros hous a-pe-KRI-thên HO-ti ouk ES-tin E-thos rhō-ma-I-ois kha-RI-dzeS-THAI TI-na AN-thrō-pon prin ê ho ka-tê-go-ROU-me-nos ka-TA PRO-sō-pon E-khoi tous ka-tê-GO-rous TO-pon te a-po-lo-GI-as LA-boi pe-RI tou en-KLÊ-ma-tos

   to whom I answered that not it is a custom for Romans to grant someone a man before than the the one being accused face to face face might have the accusers a place and of defense might receive concerning the charge

Exegesis

The coordinated topon te apologias laboi {τόπον τε ἀπολογίας λάβοι | tópon te apologías láboi} ‘and to receive an opportunity for defense’ asserts the right to respond, while peri tou enklēmatos {περὶ τοῦ ἐγκλήματος | perí toû enklḗmatos} ‘concerning the charge’ defines its scope. This structure of infinitive, conjunction, subjunctive, and genitive complements outlines Roman procedural fairness.

Root and etymology

logos with prefix apo🔊 λόγος + ἀπόlambda–omicron–gamma–omicron–sigma; alpha–pi–omicron

“speech in defense”

• 🔊 ἀπολογέομαιalpha–pi–omicron–lambda–omicron–gamma–epsilon–omicron–mu–alpha–iotato defend oneselfActs 24:10