θριάζω
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
English (LSJ)
(θριαί)
A to be rapt, possessed, S.Fr.466, E.Fr.478; also glossed by φυλλολογεῖν (as if from θρῖον), Hsch., EM455.45:—also θριάομαι, = μαντεύομαι, AB265; cf. sq.