τηθίς
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)
ίδος, ἡ, (τήθη)
A father's or mother's sister, aunt, Is.9.19, D.27.14, 43.29, Men.923.5, J.AJ3.12.1 (vv. ll. τιτθίσι, τιθίσι, τιτθαῖς), 16.10.5 (vv. ll. τιτθίδα, τητθίδα), 17.1.1 (v.l. τητθίδα, Lat. vers. nutricem), Plu.2.838b, Hierocl.p.61 A. (τιθιδες, τιθίδες codd.), Lib.Decl.5.52 (one cod., vv. ll. τητθίδα, τιτθίδα), 26.21 (τιτθίδας codd., τιθίδας as cited by Thom.Mag.p.360 R., who thinks it may mean grandmothers or great-aunts); ἡ πρὸς πατρὸς τη[θίς] POxy.503.3 (ii A.D.); τῆς τηθίδος μου κύριος PSI9.1065.28 (ii A.D.); οὐκ ἐξὸν Ῥωμαίοις ἀδελφὰς γῆμαι οὐδὲ τηθίδας PGnom.70 (ii A.D.); ὥσπερ οὐδὲ νῦν τιτθίδας (leg. τηθίδας) οὐδ' ἀδελφὰς γαμοῦσιν Plu.2.265d; τηθίδα PStrassb.41.8 (iii A.D.); dat. spelt τειθειδι Supp.Epigr.6.221 (Phrygia).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1105] ίδος, ἡ, Vaters- od. Mutterschwester, Tante; Dem. 27, 14; Suid. erkl. θεία; vgl. Lob. Phryn. 134.
