ἀγνωμοσύνη
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)
ἡ,
A want of acquaintance with a thing, Pl.Tht.199d. 2 want of sense, folly, Thgn.896, Democr.175; senseless pride, arrogance, Hdt.2.172, E.Ba.885 (lyr.); πρὸς ἀ. τραπέσθαι Hdt.4.93; ἀγνωμοσύνῃ χρᾶσθαι Id.5.83; ὑπ' ἀγνωμοσύνης Id.9.3. 3 want of feeling, unkindness, D.18.252; θεῶν ἀ. S.Tr.1266(dub.); ἀ. τύχης, Lat. iniquitas fortunae, D.18.207. 4 in pl., misunderstandings, X.An.2.5.6.
