ἰοδόκη

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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

German (Pape)

[Seite 1255] ἡ, Pfeilbehälter, Köcher, Ap. Rh. 2, 679; Posidipp. 1 u. Leon. Al. 11 (XII, 45. VI, 326).

Greek Monolingual

ἰοδόκη και ἰοδόχη, ἡ (Α)
θήκη βελών, φαρέτρα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἴος (II) + -δόκη (< δέχομαι), πρβλ. αμμο-δόκη, αυλο-δόκη].