ambustio

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πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ambustĭo: ōnis, f. amburo = ambustum,
I a burn: eruptionibus, ambustionibus (medetur myrteum oleum), Plin. 23, 4, 44, § 87.