κυάθιον
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)
τό, Dim. of κύαθος, Pherecr.107, PLond.5.1657.11 (iv/v A.D.):—also κυαθίς, ίδος, ἡ, Sophr.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1520] τό, dim. zu κύαθος, kleiner Becher, Poll. 6, 105 aus Pherecrat.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κυάθιον: τό, ὑποκορ. τοῦ κύαθος, Φερεκρ. ἐν «Λήροις» 6· ― οὕτω καὶ κυᾰθίς, -ίδος, ἡ, Σώφρων παρ’ Ἀθην. 480Β· καὶ κυαθίσκος, ὁ, κ. μήλης, τὸ κοῖλον μέρος τοῦ καθετῆρος, Γαλην. 19. 122.