dumetum
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)
dūmētum: or dummetum (another form: DUMECTA antiqui quasi DUMICETA appellabant, quae nos
I dumeta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 67, 10 Müll.), i, n. id., thorn-bushes, thorn-hedge, thicket.
I Lit., Cic. Tusc. 5, 23; Verg. G. 1, 15; Hor. C. 3, 4, 63; 3, 29, 23 al.—
II Trop.: cur orationem tantas in angustias et Stoicorum dumeta compellimus? Cic. Ac. 2, 35: quod cum efficere voltis (i. e. deum significare) in dumeta conrepitis, id. N. D. 1, 24 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dūmētum,¹³ ī, n. (dumus), ronceraie, buissons : Cic. Tusc. 5, 64
