hearsay
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
I know by hearsay: V. ἔξοιδ' ἀκούων (Soph., Oedipus Rex 105).