obturgesco
From LSJ
πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ob-turgesco: tursi, 3,
I v. inch. n., to begin to swell, to swell up (very rare; not in Cic.): obturgescit pes, Lucr. 6, 658; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. bova, p. 30 Müll.: obtursi ebrius, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obturgēscō,¹⁶ tursī, ĕre, intr., s’enfler, enfler : Lucr. 6, 659 ; Lucil. Sat. 173 ; P. Fest. 30, 13.
Latin > German (Georges)
obturgēsco (opturgēsco), tursī, ere, schwellen, aufschwellen, Lucr. 6, 658. Paul. ex Fest. 30, 13: Perf., Lucil. 172.
