κλωστήρ
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)
ῆρος, ὁ,
A spindle, Theoc.24.70, A.R.4.1062. II thread, yarn, λίνου κ., of a net (periphr. for κλωστὸν λίνον Sch.), A. Ch.507, cf. E.Fr.1001. 2 skein, Ar.Ra.1349 (lyr.), Lys.567, Plu.2.558d. 3 metaph., thread of fate, μοιρῶν κλωστῆρι Epigr.Gr.292.6 (Heraclea ad Latmum), cf. Arch.Pap.1.220 (κλωστείρων is a mason's error for -τήρων) μοιρίδιοι κ. IG3.1339.
