Μισῶ γε μέντοι χὤταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις ἁλοὺς ἔπειτα τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ → I hate it when someone is caught in the midst of their evil deeds and tries to gloss over them
P. and V. κύκνος, ὁ (Plato).
swanlike: V. κυκνόμορφος.
swansong: see Aesch., Agamemnon 1444.