βογγώ

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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

(-άω)
1. βγάζω υπόκωφη ανάσα λόγω σωματικού ή ψυχικού πόνου, αναστενάζω, μουγγρίζω
2. αντηχώ υπόκωφα, βουίζω
3. παραπονούμαι, διαμαρτύρομαι
4. στενάζω.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Ο τ. βογγώ < μσν. γογγώ < (αόρ. του μτγν.) γογγύζω.