κηφήν
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)
ῆνος, ὁ,
A drone, Diph.126.7, Arist.HA553b5, 624b12; κηφήνεσσι εἴκελος ὀργήν, of a lazy vagabond, Hes.Op.304, cf.Th.595, Ar.V.1114; ὡς ἐν κηρίῳ κ. ἐγγίγνεται Pl.R.552c; of literary plagiarists, AP7.708 (Diosc.), Plu.2.42a: metaph., of worn-out, decrepit persons, ποῦ γαίας δουλεύσω γραῦς, ὡς κ.; E.Tr.192(lyr.), cf. Ba.1365; cf. κόθουροι:—also καφάν, Hsch.
