κατάπηξ
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)
πηγος, ὁ, ἡ,
A fixed in the ground, EM194.24. II as Subst. καταπήξ, πῆγος, ὁ, pivot of door-post, J.BJ6.5.3; post, PPetr. 3p.121 (iii B. C.), Apollod.Poliorc.189.9, Sm.Jb.38.6. 2 graft, Gp.10.65.2.
