βύσσινος
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 (LSJ)
η, ον,
A made of βύσσος, σινδὼν β. fine linen bandage, used for mummy-cloths, Hdt.2.86; for wounds, Id.7.181; πέπλοι A.Pers. 125 (lyr.), E.Ba.821; φάρος S.Fr.373; ὀθόνια β. OGI90.17 (Rosetta), PStrassb.91.16 (i B. C.), Aristeas 320; β. περιβόλαια PStrassb.91.9 (i B. C.); βύσσινον, τό, LXX Es.1.6 (pl.), al., Apoc.19.8; ὀθόνια καὶ βύσσινα PHolm.15.26. II = πορφυροῦς, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 468] aus Byssus gemacht, πέπλωμα Aesch. Spt. 1041; vgl. Pers. 129; Eur. Bacch. 819; σίνδων Her. 2, 86; Ath. VI, 255 c.
