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
subs.
Ar. and P. σκῦτος, τό. Dressed leather: P. and V. διφθέρα, ἡ (Eur., Frag.).