παλίντροπος
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)
ον,
A turned away, averted, ὄμματα, ὄψις, A.Ag.777(lyr.), Supp.173 (lyr.). II turning back, π. ἕρπειν, στρέφεσθαι, S.Ph.1222, E.HF 1069 (lyr.); π. ἐκ πολέμοιο AP9.61; π. κέλευθος Parm.6.9. 2 changing to the other side, contrary, πλάστιγξ τοῦ βίου S.Fr.576.5 (s. v.l.); π. τῆς ἐλπίδος ἀποβαινούσης πρὸς τὰς ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐπιβολάς Plb. 14.6.6; π. ταῖς ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐλπίσιν exactly contrary to their original expectations, Id.5.16.9, cf. 9.21.1; π. ποιῆσαι τὴν μάχην D.S. 15.85, cf. App.Mith.88; π. ποιήσασθαι τὴν δίωξιν Onos.27 (v.l. παλίστροφον) ; τὸ π. τοῦ δαιμονίου changeableness, Id.35.4. III Act., turning to flight, νόημα B. 10.54. IV v. παλίντονος 1.3.
