μεσάζω
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)
A = μεσόω, ὁ μεσάζων τόπος (v.l. νησίζων) D.S.1.32; πότερον ἄρχοιτο τὸ πάθος ἢ μεσάζοι Hp.Ep.18; νυκτὸς μεσαζούσης LXX Wi. 18.14; μεσαζούσης ἡμέρας Hdn.7.5.2; of food, to be half-cooked, Bilabel Ὀψαρτ.p.11. II Pass., to be inserted in the middle, intervene, αἱ μεσαζόμεναι λέξεις A.D.Synt.270.5, cf. Conj.255.20; of terms in an arithmetical series, Theol.Ar.39. 2 occupy a central position, τὴν γῆν ὁ μῦθος λέγει μεσάζεσθαι Eust.1389.38.
German (Pape)
[Seite 136] = μεσόω, in der Mitte sein; Hippocr.; Schol. Eur. Med. 60; Sp.; μεσαζούσης ἡμέρας, am Mittag, Hdn. 7, 3, 2; – halbiren, Eust.
