κυβιστητήρ

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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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Transliteration A: kybistētḗr Transliteration B: kybistētēr Transliteration C: kyvistitir Beta Code: kubisthth/r

English (LSJ)

ῆρος, ὁ,

   A tumbler, δοιὼ δὲ κυβιστητῆρε κατ' αὐτοὺς μολπῆς ἐξάρχοντες ἐδίνευον κατὰ μέσσους Il. 18.605, Od.4.18.    2 diver, Il.16.750.    3 one who pitches headlong, E.Ph.1151.    II later as Adj., tumbling, κυδοιμός Tryph. 192.