διοίκησις
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)
εως, ἡ, prop.
A housekeeping: hence, generally, internal administration, τῆς πόλεως Pl.Prt.319d, cf. Arist. Pol.1287a6, Lys.30.22, etc.; ἐγκύκλιος δ. Arist.Ath.43.1; κοινὴ δ. Aeschin.2.149; esp. of financial administration, δ. ἱερὰ καὶ ὁσία D. 24.96, cf. X.HG6.1.2; department of finance in Egypt, PTeb.7.4 (ii B. C.), al.; ὅπως . . ἡ δ. γένηται ἱκανή Decr. ap. D.24.27; ὁ ἐπὶ τῇ δ. treasurer, IG2.251, al., Poll.8.113; ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς διοικήσεως IG22.677, Decr. ap. D.18.38 (in Egypt, = διοικητής, PRev.Laws19.7); τὰ περιόντα χρήματα τῆς δ. D.59.4. 2 farming, renting, [χλωρῶν] PTeb.61 (a).206 (ii B. C.), etc. II = Lat. conventus, assize-district, Str.13.4.12, Cic.Fam.13.53.2, 67.1, OGI458.65 (Eumenia); later, group of provinces, CIL3.352 (iv A. D.), etc.
