ἀκρισία
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, (ἄκριτος)
A want of distinctness and order, confusion, X. HG7.5.27; ἀ. καὶ ταραχή Epicur.Sent.22. II want of judgement, bad judgement or choice, Plb.2.35.3, AP7.629 (Antip.); περὶ τῶν φίλων Luc.Tim.8. III undecided character of a disease, not coming to a crisis, Hp.Epid.1.8: pl., ἠέρος ἀ. unsettled climate, POxy.1796.22.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκρῐσία: ἡ, (ἄκριτος) ἔλλειψις σαφηνείας καὶ τάξεως, σύγχυσις, Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 7. 5, 27. ΙΙ. ἔλλειψις κρίσεως, κακή, ἐσφαλμένη κρίσις ἢ ἐκλογή, διαστροφή, Πολύβ. 2. 35, 3. ΙΙΙ. ὁ ἀναποφάσιστος χαρακτὴρ νόσου τινός, μὴ ἱκνουμένης εἰς κρίσιμον σημεῖον, Ἱππ. Ἐπιδ. 1. 945.
