κνιπότης
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)
ητος, ἡ,
A irritation of the eyes, Hp.Loc.Hom.13; expld.as = ξηροφθαλμία, Erot.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1461] ητος, ἡ, Knickerei (?). – Bei Hippocr. u. Galen. eine Entzündung der Augen, wobei diese klein u. trüb erscheinen.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κνῑπότης: ἡ, φλόγωσις τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, Ἱππ. 413. 29, πρβλ. Ἐρωτιαν. 212.
