πολιτεύω πόλεμον ἐκ πολέμου → make perpetual war the principle of government
lĕpis: ĭdis, f., = λεπίς,I a scale (pure Lat. squama): similiter squamae aeris, quam vocant lepida, Plin. 34, 11, 24, § 107.
lĕpis, ĭdis, f. (λεπίς), écaille de cuivre : Plin. 34, 107.
