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
at leisure, idle: P. and V. ἀργός.
be unoccupied, v.: P. and V. ἡσυχάζειν, σχολάζειν, σχολὴν ἔχειν.
desolate: P. and V. ἐρῆμος; see desolate, empty.