caprice
From LSJ
πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man | wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man | many things are bad, but nothing is more atrocious than man
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
Impulse: P. and V. ὁρμή, ἡ.
Pleasure: P. and V. ἡδονή, ἡ.
Desire: P. and V. ἐπιθυμία, ἡ.
Mood: P. and V. ὀργή, ἡ, ἦθος, τό.
Fixing the limit (of punishment) at the passing caprice of either side: P. εἰς τὸ ἑκατέροις που ἀεὶ ἡδονὴν ἔχον ὁρίζοντες (τὰς τιμωρίας) (Thuc. 3, 82).
