ὦσις
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)
εως, ἡ,
A = ὤθησις, thrusting, pushing, Hp.Aph.3.26(pl.); opp. ἕλξις, Arist.Ph.243a17, de An.433b25; of an injury to the skull, depression, Gal. ap. Orib.46.21.1: pl., thrusts, Plu.2.916d, Procl.in Ti. 1.297 D., al.
