ἀνάτρησις
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)
εως, ἡ, (ἀνατιτράω)
A perforation, Ph.Bel.57.16; trepanning, Plu.Cat.Ma.9, Leonid. ap. Aët.15.12. 2 hole bored, Plu.2.968b.
German (Pape)
[Seite 212] ἡ, das Durchbohren, Plut. Cat. mai. 9; Löcher, Höhlungen, Plut. Sol. anim. 11.
