ἀτενής
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)
ές,
A stretched, strained, κισσός S.Ant.826 (lyr.); freq. of the eyes, staring, Arist.HA492a11; τὸ ἀ. τῆς ὄψεως καὶ ἄτεγκτον D.H.5.8; τὴν ὄψιν εἰς τὸ ἀ. ἀπερείδεσθαι intently, Luc.Icar.12. 2 intense, excessive, ὀργαί A.Ag.71 (lyr.); ὀδυρμοί Call.Fr.1.7 P. 3 straight, direct, ἥκω δ' ἀτενὴς ἀπ' οἴκων straight from home, E.Fr.65. 4 of diseases, obstinate, ἰσχιάς prob. for ἀγεννής in Archig. ap. Aët.12.1. II of men's minds and speech, intent, earnest, ἀτενεῖ . . νόῳ Hes.Th.661, Pi.N.7.88; ἁπλοῖ καὶ ἀ., of men, Pl.R.547e; ἀ. παρρησία E.Fr.737; ἀ. ψυχή Luc.Nigr.4. 2 unbending, stubborn, ἀ. ἀτεράμων τε Ar.V.730 (lyr.); ἀστένακτος καὶ ἀ. D.H.5.8: Comp., Phld. Lib.p.44 O. III Adv. ἀτενῶς, Ion. -έως Hp.Prorrh.1.24; ἀ. ἐμβλέπειν Agatharch.41; δυσπειθῶς καὶ ἀ. ἔχειν πρός τι to be obstinately averse to, Plu.Galb.25:—more freq. in neut., ἀτενὲς ἴκελοι exceeding like, Pi.P.2.77; ἀ. ἀπ' ἀοῦς from dawn onwards, Epich.124.1; καταμαθεῖν ἀ. Id.172.4; ἀ. τηρεῖν Diph.61; ἀ. βλέπειν Plb.18.53.9.
