baptisterium
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
baptistērĭum: ii, n., = βαπτιστήριον.
I A place for bathing or swimming, a vessel for bathing, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25; 2, 17, 11; Sid. Ep. 2, 2.—
II In eccl. Lat., a baptistery, a baptismal font, Sid. Ep. 4, 15.
