πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
adj.
Cloudy: P. συννέφελος, Ar. περινέφαλος. Dim: V. ἀμαυρός; see dim. Met., obscure . P. and V. ἀφανής.