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
slope, declivity: V. κλιτύς, ἡ.
desire: P. and V. ἐπιθυμία, ἡ; see desire.
disposition: P. and V. γνώμη, ἡ, φύσις, ἡ.
indulge one's inclinations: P. τῇ φύσει χρῆσθαι (Isoc.).