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
ᾰπήνα mule chariot ἀκαμαντόποδός τ' ἀπήνας δέκευ ψαύμιός τε δῶρα (O. 5.3) ἀνὰ δ' ἡμιόνοις ξεστᾷ τ ἀπήνᾳ (P. 4.94)