anomalia
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ănōmălĭa: ae, f., = ἀνωμαλία, in gram.,
I irregularity, anomaly, Varr. L. L. 9, § 3 sq. Müll.
