ὑποστάτης
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)
ου, ὁ,
A that which stands under, support, prop, Plu.Cor.24; stand of a bowl, etc., Paus.10.26.9. II one that gives substance, creator, Procl.Theol.Plat.3.7, Inst.53, Simp. in Ph.1327.5.
