σπάνιον

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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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Russian (Dvoretsky)

σπάνιον: (ᾰ) τό1) редкость, недостаток, нехватка, скудость, Aeschin., Arst.;
2) редкость, редкостная вещь (τὸ σ. τίμιον Plut.).