κλάσις
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)
[ᾰ], εως, ἡ, (κλάω A)
A breaking, fracture, Pl.Ti.43e; ἡ κ. τῶν ἀμπέλων breaking off the shoots and tendrils of vines, Thphr.CP2.14.4 (pl.), cf. 3.7.5, al.; ἡ κ. τοῦ ἄρτου Ev.Luc.24.35. 2 bending of the knee joint, Arist.Pr.882b33; κ. ὄψεων refraction, Alex.Aphr. in Mete. 143.9; τὸ σαμεῖον περὶ ὃ ἁ κ. Archyt. ap. Simp. in Ph.785.25. b κλάσιν λαβεῖν to be deflected, Plot.6.9.8; ὅταν κλάσιν ποιῇ καὶ γωνίαν, of a bandage. Erot.s.v. σκέπαρνος; of the labyrinth of the ear, Gal.UP 8.6. II modulation of the voice, Ph.1.276, 2.266.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1446] ἡ, das Zerbrechen, der Bruch; Plat. Tim. 43 d; LXX u. a. Sp.; ἀμπέλων, das Abbrechen der Blätter u. Ranken des Weinstocks, Theophr. – Auch von der Stimme, Philo.
