taetro

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

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

taetro: (tētr-) (
I perf. and sup. perh. not found), āre, 1, v. a. id., to render foul, Pac. ap. Non. 178, 7 (Trag. Rel. v. 303 Rib.).