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
V. θοινᾶσθαι, φέρβεσθαι, δαίνυσθαι; see feed.
batten on: V. θοινᾶσθαι (acc.). ἐκθοινᾶσθαι (acc.), Ar. and V. δαίνυσθαι (acc.); see be satiated with.
live luxuriously: P. and V. τρυφᾶν.