ἑπτέτης
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 (LSJ)
A = ἑπταετής, seven years old, Chionid.3, Ar.Ra.422 : nom. pl. ἑπτέτεις Pl.Alc.1.121e:—fem. ἑπτ-έτις, ιδος, Ar.Th.480, Luc. Tox.61.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1013] = ἑπταέτης, Ar. Ran. 418; Plat. Alc. I,121 e u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἑπτέτης: ἑπταετής, ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν ἡλικίαν ἔχων, Χιωνίδης ἐν «Ἥρωσιν» 3, Ἀριστοφ. ἐν Βατρ. 418· ὀνομ. πληθ. ἑπτέτεις ἐν Πλάτ. Ἀλκ. 1. 121Ε· θηλ. ἑπτέτις. ιδος, ἐν Ἀριστοφ. Θεσμ. 480, ἐν Λουκ. Τοξ. 61.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου;
adj. m.
qui dure sept ans.
Étymologie: ἑπτά, ἔτος.
