ethicus
From LSJ
ἐλαχίστου ἐδέησε διαφθεῖραι → narrowly missed destroying
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ēthĭcus: a, um, (scanned ĕthĭcīs, Prud. Hamart. 583), adj., = ἠθικός,
I moral, ethic (post-class.): res, ethics, Gell. 1, 2, 4: dictio, which shows the character, Sid. Ep. 8, 11.— Hence adv.: ēthĭcos = ἠθικῶς, morally: dicere, Sen. Contr. 2, 12, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēthĭcus, a, um (ἠθικός), qui concerne la morale, moral : ethica res Gell. 1, 2, 4, la morale.