στυφότης

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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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Transliteration A: styphótēs Transliteration B: styphotēs Transliteration C: styfotis Beta Code: stufo/ths

English (LSJ)

ητος, ἡ,

   A thickness, denseness, opp. μανότης, Plu.2.96f.