redundantia
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)
rĕdundantĭa: ae, f. redundans,
I an overflowing, superfluity, excess. *
I Lit.: aër crassus, qui non habet crebras redundantias, Vitr. 1, 6 med.—
II Trop., redundancy, excess, of language, feeling, etc.: illa pro Roscio juvenilis redundantia, Cic. Or. 30, 108: benignitatis, Tert. Apol. 31: carere redundantiā et egestate, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rĕdundantĭa, æ, f. (redundans),
1 le trop-plein, excès : Vitr. Arch. 1, 6, 3
2 [fig.] redondance du style : Cic. Or. 108
