nibble
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
Ar. περιτρώγειν; see gnaw.
nibble at: Ar. παρεσθίειν (gen.), παρατρώγειν (gen.).
have a taste of: P. and V. γεύεσθαι (gen.).
