misery
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)
substantive
P. ταλαιπωρία, ἡ, κακοπάθεια, ἡ, ἀθλιότης, ἡ, κακοπραγία, ἡ. P. and V. αἰκία, ἡ; see also misfortune, suffering.
dejection: P. and V. ἀθυμία, ἡ, δυσθυμία, ἡ (Plato).
grief: P. and V. λύπη, ἡ, ἀνία, ἡ, V. δύη, ἡ, πῆμα, τό, πημονή, ἡ, οἰζύς, ἡ, πένθος, τό (in P.
= outward signs of mourning): Ar. and V. ἄλγος, τό, ἄχος, τό.
