αδρόμισθος

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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

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Greek Monolingual

-η, -ο (Α ἁδρόμισθος, -ον)
νεοελλ.
αυτός που παίρνει αδρή, μεγάλη αμοιβή
αρχ.
αυτός που παρέχει μεγάλα βραβεία.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ < ἁδρός + μισθός.
ΠΑΡ. νεοελλ. αδρομισθία].