πορφυρόστολος

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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

Source

Greek Monolingual

-ον, Μ
αυτός που φοράει πορφυρή στολή.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πορφύρα + -στολος (< στολή < στέλλω), πρβλ. μελανό-στολος].