ξυλίτης
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
English (LSJ)
[ῑ], ου, ὁ,
A like wood : name of a fish, Hsch. II ξυλῖτις (sc. γῆ), ἡ, timber-bearing land, PPetr.3p.223 (iii B. C.), PCair.Zen.387.9 (iii B. C.), PLille 5.20 (iii B. C.) ; later ξ. χέρσος, opp. σπόριμος, PLond.2.267.99 (ii A. D.), BGU703.5 (ii A. D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 281] ὁ, holzähnlich, ein Fisch, Hesych.
