φιλόθεος
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,
A loving God, pious, Arist. Rh.1391b2, Ph.2.8, al., 2 Ep.Ti.3.4, Demoph Sent.44, Luc.Cal.14: Adv. φῐλό-ως Poll.1.22.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1280] Gott liebend, gottesfürchtig, fromm; Arist. rhet. 2, 17; K. S. – Auch pass., von Gott geliebt, K. S.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
φῐλόθεος: -ον, ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὸν Θεόν, εὐσεβής, Ἀριστ. Ρητ. 2. 17, 6, Λουκ. περὶ Διαβολ. 14, Καιν. Διαθ., κλπ.· ― Ἐπίρρ., -ως, Πολυδ. Α΄, 22, Ἐκκλ. ΙΙ. ὁ τῷ Θεῷ προσφιλής, εὐπρόδεκτος εἰς αὐτόν, Ἐκκλ.
