awakening
From LSJ
ἀγεωμέτρητος μηδεὶς εἰσίτω → no one ignorant of geometry may enter, let no one ignorant of geometry enter, let no one ignorant of geometry come in
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Met., surprise: P. παράλογος, ὁ.
theirs was a rude awakening: P. ὁ παράλογος αὐτοῖς μέγας ἦν (Thuc. 7, 55).