διανύω
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 (LSJ)
(also διᾰνύτω S.Ichn.64, X.Mem.2.4.7) [ῠ], pf.
A -ήνυκα Plb.4.11.7:—bring quite to an end, accomplish, finish, κέλευθα δ. finish a journey, h.Cer.380, cf. h.Ap.108; δίαυλον E.El.825; τὸ ἑξῆς τῆς ὁδοῦ X. l.c.; τὸν πλοῦν ἀπὸ Τύρου Act.Ap.21.7; πόνους Vett.Val. 330.9; τὰ προσήκοντα POxy.1469.4 (iii A.D.): c. acc.loci, πολὺν διὰ πόντον ἀνύσσας having finished one's course over the sea, Hes.Op.635; πλεῖον δ. traverse, of a point moving along a line, Arist.LI968a25, cf. Archim.Sph.Cyl.Praef., al.; τόπους Plb.4.11.7: abs., δ. εἰς τὰς ὑπερβολάς arrive at a place, Id.3.53.9:—Pass., ὁδὸς διηνυσμένη ib.63.7: aor. inf. διανυσθῆναι Hsch.: c. part., finish doing a thing, οὔ πω κακότητα διήνυσεν ἣν ἀγορεύων Od.17.517; but πόνοις σε διδοῦσα διήνυσεν continued giving... E.Or.1663: abs., live, Vett. Val.58.17.
