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
splēnĭum: ĭi, n., = σπλήνιον>.
I Milt-waste, spleenwort, Plin. 25, 5, 20, § 45. —
II (Because of its likeness to the spleen in form and color.) A plaster, patch, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 126; 30, 11, 30, § 104 (Jahn, spleniolum); Mart. 2, 29, 9; 8, 33, 22; Plin. Ep. 6, 2, 2.