προπλέκω
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 wind, apply a bandage before, aor. part. Pass. -πλᾰκείς Heliod. ap. Orib.48.43.1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
προπλέκω: πλέκω πρότερον, Γαλην. τ. 14, σ. 500, 5.