fulmenta
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)
fulmenta: ae, f. contr. from fulcimenta, from fulcio (ante-class.),
I a prop, support of a building, Cato, R. R. 14, 1.—
II In partic., the heel of a shoe, Lucil. ap. Non. 206, 26; Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 94.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fulmenta,¹⁶ æ, f. (fulcire), support, étai : Cato Agr. 14, 1
