θρεπτήρ
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)
ῆρος, ὁ,
A feeder, rearer, of a parent or foster-parent, IG3.1401, JRS2.91 (Antioch in Pisidia), AP12.137 (Mel.): pl., IG14.1722: as Adj., θ. ἀγοστός Nonn. D.3.387.
