χρησμῳδία

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

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Full diacritics: χρησμῳδία	Medium diacritics: χρησμῳδία	Low diacritics: χρησμωδία	Capitals: ΧΡΗΣΜΩΔΙΑ
Transliteration A: chrēsmōidía	Transliteration B: chrēsmōdia	Transliteration C: chrismodia	Beta Code: xrhsmw\|di/a

English (LSJ)

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A answer of an oracle, prophecy, prop. chanted or in verse, A.Pr.775, Plu.2.402d: pl., Pl.Prt.316d.

[Seite 1375] ἡ, das Antworten, die Antwort des befragten Orakels, bes. in Versen; Aesch. Prom. 777; Plat. Prot. 316 d.