γριφοειδής
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)
ές, A enigmatical, Hsch.
Spanish (DGE)
-ές
1 enigmático, difícil de resolver τὸ σκολιὸν καὶ γριφοειδές Gr.Naz.M.36.40A, cf. Hsch.
2 adv. -ῶς enigmáticamente ζητηθήσεται γελοίως καὶ γ. χρόνος ἄχρονος Zach.Mit.Opif.M.85.1081C.
