devergentia

ἐάν μή διδάξητε περί ἀρετὴς τούς τό ἀργύριον κλέψαντας, οὐ ταξόμεθα οἱ ὁπλῖται → if you don't teach those who have stolen money a lesson on moral virtue, we, the hoplites, will not line up

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dēvergentĭa: ae, f. devergo,
I an inclining downwards, a sloping: d. et convexiones mundi, Gell. 14, 1, 8.