Acesta
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)
Ăcesta: ae, also Acestē, es, f., = Ἄκεστα and Ἀκέστη,
I a town in the N. W. part of Sicily, near the coast; earlier Egesta, later Segesta, near the modern Alcamo, Verg. A. 5, 718; 9, 218; cf. Serv. ad 1, 550, and Heyne Excurs. I. ad Aen. V.—
II Deriv.
A Ăcestenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of A., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 36, § 83. —
B Ăcestaei, the same, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ăcesta,¹⁶ æ, f., Ségeste [ville de Sicile] : Virg. En. 5, 718
