sapphirus
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sapphīrus, sapphir: sappir, i (i short, Ven. Carm. 6, 2), f., = σάπφειρος,>
I a sapphire, Plin. 37, 9, 39, § 120; Vulg. Apoc. 21, 19; id. Isa. 54, 11.—Form sappir, Plin. 37, 9, 38, § 119.—Form sapphir, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 10; Vulg. Exod. 28, 18; Hier. in Isa. 15, 54, v. 11 (as m., Isid. 16, 9, 2).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sapphīrus, ī, f. (σάπφειρος), saphir [pierre précieuse] : Tert. Marc. 2, 10. sapphĭrus Fort. Carm. 6, 2, 85 || m., Isid. Orig. 16, 9, 2.
