πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
correptus correpta, correptum ADJ :: short; (of a syllable)
correptus: (conr-), a, um, Part., from corripio.
correptus, a, um, part. de corripio.