νεκταρόβρυτος

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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

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

νεκταρόβρυτος: -ον, ὁ βρύων νέκταρ, Ἰω. Εὐγενικ. Διακον. Cod. Par. 2075, fol. 595 r0.

Greek Monolingual

νεκταρόβρυτος, -ον (Μ)
αυτός που είναι γεμάτος νέκταρ.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < νέκταρ, -αρος + -βρυτος (< βρύω «ξεχειλίζω, είμαι άφθονος»), πρβλ. ωκεανό-βρυτος χαριτό-βρυτος].