unruly
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
P. and V. ἄναρχος.
Lawless: P. and V. ἄνομος.
Disorderly: P. ταραχώδης, ἄτακτος, ὀχλώδης, V. ἄκοσμος, οὐκ εὔκοσμος.
Be unruly, v.: P. and V. ἀκοσμεῖν, P. ἀτακτεῖν.
Licentious: P. and V. ἀκόλαστος, ἀχάλινος (Eur., Frag.), Ar. and P. ἀκρατής, P. ὑβριστικός.
Unmanageable: P. δυσμεταχείριστος.
Disobedient: P. ἀπειθής, δυσπειθής; see disobedient.
Restive: P. and V. ὑβριστής, V. ἄστομος.
Be unruly, v.: P. and V. σκιρτᾶν.
