ἔπαλξις
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, (ἐπαλέξω)
A means of defence: mostly in pl., battlements, Il.12.263, Hdt.9.7, A.Th.30,158 (lyr.), E.Ph.1158, etc.; τὰς ἐ. ἀπώσαντες Th.3.23; αἱ οἰκίαι . . ἐπάλξεις λαμβάνουσι Id.4.69, cf. 115. b in sg., mostly, line of battlements, parapet, Il.12.381,al. (never in Od.); οἱ παρ' ἔπαλξιν the defenders of the wall, Th.2.13, cf. 7.28, Ar.Ach.72: pl., of individual crenellations, Th.3.21. 2 generally, defence, protection, πλούτου A.Ag.381 (lyr.); σωτηρίας E.Or.1203, etc. 3 court for trial of homicide, EM353.26, AB243.
