μυρρίς
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)
ίδος, ἡ,
A sweet cicely, Myrrhis odorata, Dsc.4.115: μυρίς, Thphr.CP6.9.3.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μυρρίς: -ίδος, ἡ, φυτόν τι τῷ καυλῷ καὶ τοῖς φύλλοις ὅμοιον κωνείῳ, myrrhis odorata, Διοσκ. 4. 116˙ μυρὶς παρὰ Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 6. 9, 3.
