θαλασσόχρους

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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

Source

Greek Monolingual

-ουν (Μ θαλασσόχρους, -ουν και -οος, -οον)
ο θαλασσόχρωμος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < θαλασσο- + -χροος (< χρως «χρώμα»), πρβλ. άχρους, μελάγχρους. Ο μσν. τ. θαλασσόχροος μαρτυρείται ασυναίρετος].

English

sea-coloured, sea-colored