This word for a speech of remorse or a defense of one's actions is from the Greek for "away" & "speech"
[DOC] [TLE] Appendix:List of Latin phrases (PZ) - Wiktionary [PAR] Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek ..... 
pro patria, "for country", Pro Patria Medal:- for operational service (minimum 55 
days) in defence of the .... From Cicero's Ad Catilinam speech to the Roman 
Senate regarding the ... For more than one term or phrase, the plural is quae vide 
(qq.v.)...