δυσέκφορος
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)
ον,
A hard to pronounce or utter, Phld.Po.994 Fr.22, 1676.8, D.H.Comp.12, 16 (Sup.); λαλιά Cat.Cod.Astr.2.167. Adv. -ρως, δ. καὶ τραχέως λαλεῖν Str.14.2.28.
German (Pape)
[Seite 678] schwer herauszubringen, Sp.; bes. = schwer auszusprechen, Dion. Hal.; Schol. Eur. Phoen. 271. – Adv., δυσεκφόρως καὶ τραχέως λαλεῖν Strab. XIV p. 662.
