privatio
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)
prīvātĭo: ōnis, f. privo,
I a taking away, privation of a thing (class.): doloris, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37 and 38; 2, 9, 28: culpae, Gell. 2, 6, 10.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prīvātĭō, ōnis, f. (privo), suppression, absence [d’une chose] : Cic. Fin. 1, 37 ; 2, 28.
Latin > German (Georges)
prīvātio, ōnis, f. (privo), die Befreiung, das Befreitsein von etwas, doloris, Cic. de fin. 2, 28: doloris omnis, ibid. 1, 37 u. 38: privatio detractioque omnis doloris, Gell. 2, 6, 12: pr. omnis culpae, Ermangelung, Gell. 2, 6, 10: privationes lucis, Augustin. de gen. ad litt. lib. imperf. 5, 25.
