qualification
From LSJ
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
Capacity: P. and V. δύναμις, ἡ. Have qualifications for: P. εὐφυής εἶναι πρός (acc.). Through lack of the qualifications necessary for competing: P. κατὰ τὴν οὐκ ἐξουσίαν τῆς ἀγωνίσεως (Thuc. 5, 50). Something added to limit a statement: P. παράφθεγμα, τό. Will you not cease adding qualifications? P. οὐ παύσει παραφθεγγόμενος; (Plat., Euthyd. 296A).
