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
Use Ar. and P. ξύλον, τό, P. and V. κλῷος, ὁ (Eur., Cyclops 235).
Met., brand with disgrace: P. εἰς στήλην γράφειν.
