πόῤῥωθεν
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
German (Pape)
[Seite 685] von fern her, von weitem her; ἰδεῖν, Soph. Trach. 999; Ggstz ἐγγύθεν, Plat. Prot. 356 c; εἴργειν, Phaedr. 239 b; γράμματα σμικρὰ πόῤῥωθεν ἀναγνῶναι, Rep. II, 368 d; προδιηγεῖσθαι, Dem. 59, 93; πόῤῥωθεν πρὸς δόμων τὸ μέλλον, Plut. Them. 3. – Compar. ποῤῥωτέρωθεν, mehr von weitem her, Isocr. 4, 23.
