στρωματόδεσμον
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)
τό,
A a leathern or linen sack in which slaves had to tie up the bedclothes (στρώματα), Ar.Fr.253, Pherecr.185, X.An.5.4.13, Aeschin.2.99; σ. συσκευάσασθαι Pl.Tht.175e; δῆσαι Arist. Mu.398a8: also στρωμᾰτό-δεσμος, ὁ, Amips.38, Plu.Caes.49, cf. Phryn. 379.
German (Pape)
[Seite 957] τό, = Folgdm, Aesch. 2, 99; vgl. B. A. 113.
