ἀφωνίη
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
Translations
speechlessness
Afrikaans: spraakloosheid; Esperanto: senparoleco, muteco; German: Sprachlosigkeit, Stummheit; Ancient Greek: ἀλογία, ἀλογίη, ἀμφασίη, ἀναυδία, ἀναυδίη, ἀφασία, ἀφθογγία, ἀφωνία, ἀφωνίη
taciturnity
Catalan: taciturnitat; Czech: mlčenlivost; Dutch: zwijgzaamheid; French: taciturnité; German: Schweigsamkeit; Greek: εχεμύθεια, ολιγολογία, λακωνικότητα; Ancient Greek: ἀρρησία, ἀρρημοσύνη, ἀφωνία, ἀφωνίη, γλωτταργία, ἐχεγλωττία, ἐχεμυθία, σιγή, σιώπησις, τὸ σιωπηλόν; Italian: taciturnità; Portuguese: taciturnidade; Serbo-Croatian: šutljivost, mučaljivost; Spanish: taciturnidad; Swedish: tystlåtenhet, fåordighet, ordkarghet; Turkish: sessizlik, suskunluk; Ukrainian: мовчазність
