δαπτής
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
Spanish (DGE)
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devorador δαπταὶ ... αἱμοπώται de la picadura de insectos, Lyc.1403, cf. δαπταὶ αἱ μυῖαι Eust.615.10.