chamaecissos
From LSJ
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
chămaecissŏs: i, f., = χαμαικισσος,
I ground-ivy: Glecoma hederacea, Linn.; Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 152; 24, 15, 84, § 135 (ā, Ser. Samm. 44, 799).—
II A kind of cyclaminus, Plin. 25, 9, 69, § 116.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
chămæcissŏs, ī, f. (χαμαίκισσος), lierre terrestre : Plin. 16, 152 || espèce de cyclamen : Plin. 25, 116.
