πρόοψις
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)
εως, ἡ,
A foreseeing, Th.5.8. II seeing before one, οὐκ οὔσης τῆς προόψεως ᾗ .. since there was no seeing where... cj. in Id.4.29 (προσόψεως codd.). III provision, σταθμῶν SIG880.15 (Pizus, iii A. D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 738] ἡ, das Vorhersehen, Thuc. 5, 8 u. Sp.
