φονή
δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν → the strong do what they will; the weak do what they must | the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must | they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get
English (LSJ)
ἡ, always, exc. in Suid., in pl.,
A carnage, esp. on the field of battle, ἀσπαίροντας ἐν ἀργαλέῃσι φονῇσιν Il.10.521; ἐν φοναῖς καλῶς πεσόντ' A.Ag.447 (lyr.); ἐν φοναῖς πεπτῶτ' ἄθαπτον S.Ant.696; ἔτι ἐν τῇσι φονῇσι ἐόντας Hdt.9.76; κομισθέντα ἐκ τῶν φονῶν Ael.NA5.1; also of slain beasts, θηρὶ μαχέσσασθαι ἕλικος βοὸς ἀμφὶ φονῇσιν Il.15.633; ἐν φοναῖς θηροκτόνοις E.Hel.154. II blood shed by slaying, θῆκέ τ' Αἴγισθον ἐν φοναῖς laid him weltering in his blood, Pi.P.11.37, cf. Ael.NA1.18,3.21; φονῶν is prob. for φόνων in S.El.11, Tr.558; so ἑρπετὰ καὶ δάκετα . . ὑπ' ἐμᾶς πτέρυγος ἐν φοναῖς ὄλλυται come to a bloody end, Ar.Av.1070 (lyr., paratrag.); ποίῳ δὲ κἀπελύσατ' ἐν φοναῖς τρόπῳ; what was the manner of her bloody end? S.Ant.1314; φοναῖς murderously, ib.1003 (expld. as Adj. by Sch., cf. φονός).
