apologia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ăpŏlŏgĭa, ae, f., = ἀπολογία,

a defence , apology , Hier. ap. Ruf. 2, 4; 2, 6 al. —Also, the title of a work by Apuleius of Madaura; cf. Bähr, Gesch. Röm. Lit. p. 411; Teuffel, Röm. Lit. § 362.