gemites

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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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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

gemītes: ae, m.,
I a precious stone, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 191 (dub.; Jan. chernitis).