πορπάω

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

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Full diacritics: πορπάω	Medium diacritics: πορπάω	Low diacritics: πορπάω	Capitals: ΠΟΡΠΑΩ
Transliteration A: porpáō	Transliteration B: porpaō	Transliteration C: porpao	Beta Code: porpa/w

English (LSJ)

aor. imper.

A πόρπᾱσον A.Pr.61:—fasten with a brooch, pin down, l.c. (πορπάζω is f.l. in Plu.Num.20).

[Seite 685] mit einer Spange, Heftel befestigen; dazu gehört aor. πόρπασον, Aesch. Prom. 61, s. die compp. u. vgl. Lob. Phryn. 203.

-ῶ :
seul. impér. ao. πόρπασον;
agrafer.
Étymologie: πόρπη.