ὑπερείδω
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)
fut.
A -σω Diog.Oen.20: pf. Pass. ὑπερήρεισμαι Arist. PA695a7; ὑπήρεισμαι Str.17.1.37, D.S.1.47:—put under as a support, λάβρον ὑπερεῖσαι λίθον Pi.N.8.47; τὸν ἀέρα ὑ. (sc. τῇ γῇ) Pl. Phd.99b; ὑπερείδουσιν ἐσωτάτω τὸ σκέλος Gal.18(1).591:—Pass., τοῖς τετράποσι πρὸς τὸ βάρος σκέλη ἐμπρόσθια ὑπερήρεισται Arist. l. c., cf. IA710b30, J.AJ8.3.5. 2 lean upon, οἰκίαν LXX Jb.8.15. 3 lift, carry, τινα Iamb.VP3.17. II under-prop, support, τὴν ὀροφήν Plu.Rom.28; προβλήματα διὰ παραδειγμάτων Id.Marc.14; τοὺς νεανίας Com.Adesp.1302: abs., τὰ -ερείδοντα [σώματα] Epicur.Ep.1p.7U.:—Pass., Str. l.c.
