μίτυς
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)
υος, ἡ, a substance used by bees; a sort of
A propolis, Arist. HA624a14.
German (Pape)
[Seite 193] υος, ἡ, eine Art Wachs, womit die Bienen die Fugen der Bienenstöcke verkleben, Arist. H. A. 9, 40, v. l. μῆτυς.
