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πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
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English (LSJ)
Att. ὑπνώττω,
A to be sleepy or drowsy, ἄγαν ὑπνώσσεις A.Eu. 121, cf. 124, Hp.Epid.7.11 (v. ὑπνόω 11), Pl.R.534c, Arist.PA653a14, Gal.4.436, 439: simply, sleep, E.Or.173 (lyr.), Cyc.454 (where Herm. ὑπνώσσῃ for -ώσῃ): metaph., φόβῳ δ' οὐχ ὑπνώσσει κέαρ my heart knows not sleep, A.Th.288 (lyr.).
