Capella
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Căpella: ae, m.,
I a Roman proper name.
I An elegiac poet, Ov. P. 4, 16, 36. —
II Capella Antistius, a teacher of rhetoric, Lampr. Comm. 1, 6.—
III Martianus Mineus Felix Capella, a learned grammarian of Madaura, in Africa, in the second half of the fifth century; his Satyricon treats of the liberal arts.—Hence, Căpel-lĭānus, a um, adj., belonging to a Capella, Mart. 11, 31, 17.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(2) Căpella,¹⁵ æ, m., nom d’un poète du siècle d’Auguste : Ov. P. 4, 16, 36
