Acesta
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)
Ăcesta: ae, also Acestē, es, f., = Ἄκεστα and Ἀκέστη,
I a town in the N. W. part of Sicily, near the coast; earlier Egesta, later Segesta, near the modern Alcamo, Verg. A. 5, 718; 9, 218; cf. Serv. ad 1, 550, and Heyne Excurs. I. ad Aen. V.—
II Deriv.
A Ăcestenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of A., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 36, § 83. —
B Ăcestaei, the same, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.
