ῥαβδηφόρος
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
English (LSJ)
ον, poet. for ῥαβδοφόρος,= θυρσοφόρος, Lyc.1140.
German (Pape)
[Seite 829] poet, statt ῥαβδοφόρος, Lycophr. 1139.