μετακυκλούμαι

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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

μετακυκλοῦμαι, -έομαι (Α)
(για τους αστέρες) μεταβάλλω την τροχιά μου («ἄλλοτε δὲ ἄλλα πρᾱττον πλανᾱσθαί τε καὶ μετακυκλεῖσθαι», Πλάτ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μετ(α)- + κυκλοῦμαι «μεταβάλλομαι» (< κύκλος)].