ἐπαρτάω
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)
A hang on or over, φόβους τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις Aeschin.1.175, cf. Porph.Abst.1.2; τισὶν ὀχλήσεις Polystr.p.30 W.; τιμωρίαν τινί Ael.VH7.15:—Med., lit., hang upon, τινί τι Orph.A.1337:—Pass., hang over, impend, τοσοῦτος ἐπήρτηται φόβος D.23.140; ἀπαλλαγὴν τῶν ἐπηρτημένων φόβων Id.18.324; ἀγών τινι -ημένος Hdn.2.3.7; κίνδυνος IGRom.4.151 (Cyzicus), BGU 1027.23 (iv A.D.). II τὸ ἐπηρτημένον [τοῦ ζυγοῦ] the elevated part of the beam, Arist.Mech. 850a23.
