κακόκνημος

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: κᾰκόκνημος	Medium diacritics: κακόκνημος	Low diacritics: κακόκνημος	Capitals: ΚΑΚΟΚΝΗΜΟΣ
Transliteration A: kakóknēmos	Transliteration B: kakoknēmos	Transliteration C: kakoknimos	Beta Code: kako/knhmos

English (LSJ)

Dor. κᾰκό-κνᾱμος, ον, (κνήμη)

A weak-legged, thin-legged, Theoc.4.63, Call.Fr.472.

[Seite 1300] mit schlechten Waden; Callim. in B. A. 1188; Schol. Ar. Av. 1569; in der Form κακόκναμος, vom Pan, Theocr. 4, 63.

κᾰκόκνημος: Δωρ. -κνᾱμος, ον, (κνήμη) ἔχων ἀσθενεῖς, λεπτὰς κνήμας, Θεόκρ. 2. 63, Καλλ. ἐν Α. Β. 1188, Ἡσύχ.