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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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Greek Monolingual

ο (AM διαφθορεύς) (Α και θηλ. διαφθορεύς, η)
1. αυτός που προκαλεί ηθική φθορά
2. όποιος δωροδοκεί, δωροδόκος
3. αυτός που βιάζει παρθένα ή παντρεμένη γυναίκα.