πνῖξις
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 stifling, smothering, Arist.Resp.475a28, Thphr.Ign. 76. II drowning, PMag.Par.2.3,41.
German (Pape)
[Seite 641] ἡ, das Ersticken, Erwürgen, Arist. respir. 9. – Bes. das Dämpfen, Schmoren des Fleisches u. dgl., Ath.
