Phoenices
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 > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Phœnīces,¹³ um, m. (Φοίνικες),
1 les Phéniciens, habitants de la Phénicie [fondateurs de Carthage] : Cic. Nat. 2, 106 || sing., Phœnix Plin. 7, 197 = Cadmus
2 Carthaginois : Sil. 13, 730 || sing., Phœnix Sil. 16, 25.
