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καταθρῴσκω

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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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Transliteration A: katathrṓiskō Transliteration B: katathrōskō Transliteration C: katathrosko Beta Code: kataqrw/|skw

English (LSJ)

aor. 2 κατέθορον,

   A leap down, κὰδ δ' ἔθορ' ἐς μέσσον Il. 4.79: c. acc., κ. τὴι· αἱμασιήν leap down the wall, Hdt.6.134; καταθορόντες ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων Id.3.86: c. gen., Nonn.D.23.220.

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