LSJ
select, CPHerm. p. 80 (iii BC). mostly in Med., excuse oneself, ὑπέρ τινος App. BC 5.77; ἐ. τὴν ἀνάγκην plead in excuse, ib. 13; c. acc. et inf., to state by way of excuse that…, ib. 3.48; μικρὰ ὑπὲρ ἐμαυτοῦ Them. Or. 8.103d.
Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)