weakness
From LSJ
ὁ μὴ δαρεὶς ἄνθρωπος οὐ παιδεύεται → spare the rod and spoil the child | οne who hasn't been flayed is not being taught | if the man was not beaten, he is not educated | the man, who was not paddled, is not educated
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. ἀσθένεια, ἡ (rare V.), P. ἀρρωστία, ἡ.
powerlessness: P. ἀδυνασία, ἡ.
want of energy: P. μαλακία, ἡ.
worthlessness: P. and V. φαυλότης, ἡ.
defect: P. and V. ἁμαρτία, ἡ; see defect.
this is a source of weakness to most states: V. ἐν τῷδε γὰρ κάμνουσιν αἱ πολλαὶ πόλεις (Euripides, Hecuba 306).
