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
subs.
P. προπέτεια, ἡ, θρασύτης, ἡ, εὐχέρεια, ἡ, P. and V. ἀβουλία, ἡ, θράσος, τό, τόλμα, ἡ, ἀφροσύνη, ἡ, Ar. and V. δυσβουλία, ἡ; see rashness.