athleticus
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
āthlētĭcus: a, um, adj., = ἀθλητικός,
I of or pertaining to the athlete, athletic (not in Cic.): victus, Cels. 4, 6 fin.: ars, Gell. 15, 16, 2; also without ars: āthlētĭca, ae, f., the athletic art, athletics, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 205.—Adv.: āthlētĭcē, athletically, only in Plaut.: Pancratice atque athletice (valuit), Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 14: Valet pugilice atque athletice, id. Ep. 1, 1, 18.
