expediency Copy link • expediency: ūtĭlĭtas: it often happens that e. clashes with virtue, persaepe evenit ut u. cum honestate certet, Cic. Phr.: no e. in injustice, nihil expedire quod sit injustum, Cic.: v. foll. art.
EXPEDIENCY Copy link • EXPEDIENCYutilitas (opposed to honestas): utilia, plur. adjective (opposed to honesta): commoda, plur., (the advantages derived). To be the slave of expediency, servire commodis utilitatique; omnia ad utilitatem suam referre: expediency and honour are at variance, utilitas certat cum honestate: to prefer honor to expediency, praeferre honestum utili (Hor.).