βαιών
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)
όνος, ὁ,
A = βλέννος, Epich.64: prov., μή μοι β.· κακὸς ἰχθύς Ath.7.288a. II at Alexandria, a measure, Hsch.