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
P. and V. ῥῆμα, τό.
as the phrase is: P. τὸ λεγόμενον; see saying.
