πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
subs.
P. and V. πέλεκυς, ὁ (Xen., also Ar.), ἀξίνη, ἡ (Xen.).
