operation
From LSJ
οἷς πρόθεσίς ἐστιν ἀδικεῖν, παρ' αὐτοῖς οὐδὲ δικαία ἀπολογία ἰσχύει → not even a just excuse means anything to those bent on injustice | the tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny | any excuse will serve a tyrant
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
Work: P. and V. ἔργον, τό. Virtue, operativeness: V. δύνασις, ἡ, ἰσχύς, ἡ. In operation: use adj., P. ἔνεργος. Surgical operation: P. and V. τομή, ἡ (Eur., Frag.). Operations in war: P. τὰ πολεμικά. A most suitable place to usefor our operations in Thrace: P. ἐπικαιρότατον χωρίον πρὸς τὰ ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης ἀποχρῆσθαι (Thuc. 1, 68).
