καλοπέδιλα
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)
τά, (κᾶλον)
A wooden shoes, prob. a hobble tied to a cow's legs to keep her still while milking, Theoc.25.103.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1313] τά, Holzschuhe, Theocr. 25, 103, nicht schöne Schuhe.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κᾱλοπέδῑλα: τά, (κᾶλον) ξύλινα πέδιλα, ἦσαν δὲ ταῦτα πιθ. τεμάχια ξύλου ἅπερ ἔδενον εἰς τοὺς πόδας τῆς ἀγελάδος κατὰ τὴν ὥραν τῆς ἀμέλξεως ὅπως μὴ κινῆται, ἀλλ’ ὃ μὲν ἀμφὶ πόδεσσιν ἐϋτμήτοισιν ἱμᾶσι καλοπέδιλ’ ἀράρισκε παρασταδὸν ἐγγὺς ἀμέλγειν Θεόκρ. 25.103 (ἐν ἐκδ. Ahrens: κωλοπέδας ἀράρισκε περισταδόν, ἐγγὺς ἀπέργων).
