subs.
Stick: Ar. and P. βακτηρία, ἡ, V. βάκτρον, τό, σκῆπτρον, τό.
Curve, bend: V. ἀγκών, ὁ, P. καμπτήρ, ὁ (Xen.).
By hook or by crook: P. παντὶ τρόπῳ.
Strive to avoid death by hook or by crook: P. μηχανᾶσθαι ὅπως ἀποφεύξεται πᾶν ποιῶν θάνατον (Plat., Ap. 39A).
