προσώτερος

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

Source

German (Pape)

[Seite 790] compar. von πρόσω, weiter, adv. προσωτέρω, c. gen., Her. 4, 16; τὸ προσωτέρω, 1, 105. 3, 45. 5, 10. 8, 122; εἰπρ. ἄπεισιν, Xen. Mem. 4, 3, 8. S. auch oben πρόσω.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

προσώτερος en προσωτέρω comp. van πόρρω.