ἐκσημαίνω
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)
A disclose, indicate, S.El.1191.
German (Pape)
[Seite 778] bezeichnen, aussprechen, Soph. El. 1182.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκσημαίνω: ὑπαινίττομαι, Σοφ. Ἠλ. 1191.