ἄλινσις

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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

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἄλινσις: -εως, ἡ, τριβὴ (λέανσις, στίλβωμα), Σαμίων ἕλετο ἄλινσιν τοῦ ἐργαστηρίου καὶ κονίασιν, [IV] Ἐπιγρ. Ἐπιδ. 3325Α39 = Κ. 241, οὐσ. ῥηματ. ἐκ τοῦ ἀλίνω. Πρβλ. Ἡσύχ. καὶ Α. Β. 383.