διαμωκάομαι
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)
A mock or laugh at, Phld.Rh.2.59S., D.C.59.25, Iamb.VP33.234: abs., Aristaenet.1.27.
German (Pape)
[Seite 591] dep. med., verhöhnen, Iambl. u. a. Sp.