praedabundus

κακῆς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς γίγνεται [[τέλος]] κακόν → from a bad [[beginning]] comes a bad end (Euripides' Aeolus fr. 32)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

praedābundus: a, um, adj. praedor,
I ravaging, pillaging, plundering, Sall. J. 90, 2: exercitus, Liv. 2, 26; Curt. 8, 1, 5.