ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
Schuft, homo improbus. – der ärgste Sch., ein Sch. erster Größe, homo in primis improbissimus; homo omnium, quos terra sustinet, sceleratissimus.