δυστοκία
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)
ἡ,
A painful delivery, Arist.HA587a10 (pl.), Thphr.HP9.16.1 (pl.). II = δυστεκνία, Man.1.46.