ἐπίσκυρος
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)
ὁ,
A ball-game ( = ἐπίκοινος 111) resembling Rugby football, Hsch., Poll.9.103, Sch.Pl.Tht.146a. II. governor, Call.Fr. 231, cf. Hsch.