bigatus
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)
bīgātus: a, um, adj. id.,
I having the figure of a bigae (exclusively of coin); with the figure of a bigae stamped upon it (cf. Dict. of Antiq.): argentum, Liv. 33, 23, 7; 33, 37, 11; 36, 21, 11.—Also, subst.: bīgā-tus, i, m. (sc. nummus), a silver coin with the stamp of the bigae, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 46: nummi quadrigati et bigati a figurā caelaturae dicti, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. grave aes, p. 98 Müll.; Liv. 23, 15, 15; Tac. G. 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
bīgātus,¹⁶ a, um (bigæ), bigatum argentum Liv. 33, 23, 7, pièce de monnaie dont l’empreinte est un char attelé de deux chevaux
