ἀσπάλαθος: Difference between revisions
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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
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English (LSJ)
[πᾰ], ὁ, Ar.Fr.749, but more commonly ἡ, as Pherecr. 109 (s. v.l.), Thphr.Od. 33:—name of a
A spinous shrub, yielding a fragrant oil, = ἐρυσίσκηπτρον, camel's thorn, Alhagi maurorum, Thphr.9.7.3, Od.33, Dsc.1.20. 2 thorny trefoil, Calycotome villosa, Thgn.1193 (pl.), Arist.Pr.906b11, Theoc.4.57 (pl.), 24.89. 3 Genista acanthoclada, used as an instrument of torture, ἐπ' ἀσπαλάθων τινὰ κνάμπτειν Pl.R.616a.
