καταβλής
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)
ῆτος, ὁ,
A = ἐπιβλής, bolt, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1340] ῆτος, ὁ, Riegel, Hesych. μάνδαλος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
καταβλής: ῆτος, ὁ, = ἐπιβλής, μοχλός, μάνδαλος, Ἡσύχ.
Greek Monolingual
καταβλής, -ῆτος, ὁ (Α)
(κατά τον Ησύχ.) μοχλός της πόρτας, μάνταλο, σύρτης.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κατ(α)- + -βλής (βλής < θ. βλη-, πρβλ. ἐ-βλή-θην, αόρ. του βάλλω), πρβλ. παρα-βλής, συμ-βλής.
