ἀριπρεπής
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
English (LSJ)
ές, (πρέπω)
A very distinguished, ὡς καὶ σοὶ εἶδος μὲν ἀριπρεπές Od.8.176; δότε δὴ καὶ τόνδε γενέσθαι . . ἀριπρεπέα Τρώεσσιν Il.6.477; ἵππον ἀ. προὔχοντα 23.453; ἀ. βασιλῆες Od.8.390. 2 of things, very bright, ἔχε δ' αἰγίδα . . ἀριπρεπέα Il. 15.309; ἄστρα . . φαίνετ' ἀ. 8.556; ὄρμοι Lyr.Alex.Adesp.9.3; of a mountain, conspicuous, Νήριτον ἀ. Od.9.22; ἀ. εἶδος ἔχουσα Orph.Fr. 114: Comp., Them.Or.18.223b. 3 famous, σκῆπτρον Orph.Fr. 102. Adv. -πῶς, Ion. -πέως IG7.1684 (Plataea), etc.
