Ἀχαΐα

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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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French (Bailly abrégé)

contract. de Ἀχαιΐα;
ας (ἡ) :
l’Achaïe :
1 contrée du Péloponnèse sur le golfe de Corinthe;
2 partie de la Thessalie, appelée aussi Phthiotide;
3 la province romaine d’Achaïe, càd la Grèce sans la Macédoine.
Étymologie: Ἀχαιός.