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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Physical constitution: P. and V. σῶμα, τό, σώματος φύσις, ἡ. Strength: P. and V. ἰσχύς, ἡ, ῥώμη, ἡ.