ηπιόμυθος

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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

Source

Greek Monolingual

ἠπιόμυθος, -ον (Α)
αυτός που μιλάει ήπια.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ήπιος + -μύθος (< μύθος), πρβλ. γλυκύ-μυθος, εύ-μυθος].