ἐκδεκτέον
πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
English (LSJ)
A one must admit, include, Ath.5.189d, Dam.Pr.437.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκδεκτέον: ῥηματ. ἐπί. παραδεκτέον, Ἀθήν. 189D.
Spanish (DGE)
hay que entender, hay que aceptar πῶς οὖν ἐ. ἢ νομιστέον ὅτι εἰσὶν θεοί; LXX Ep.Ie.56, τὸ παρὰ Ἐρατοσθένει ... θηλυκῶς εἰρῆσθαι «βαθὺς διαφύεται αὐλών» ἀντὶ τοῦ βαθεῖα Ath.189d, ἀναλογώτερον ἐ. τὸ τέκμαρ Hdn.Gr.1.391, cf. 2.106, οὐδ' ... ἀμαθῶς ἐ. Clem.Al.Paed.1.5.16, cf. Apollon.Lex.p.164, οὐδένα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ λόγον ... ὡς ἔτυχεν ἐ. Origenes Io.20.36.323, τροπικῶς Eus.Is.63.2-3, στερέωμα ... τὴν πίστιν ἐ. por firmamento debe entenderse la fe Didym.Gen.40.19, τὰ οἰκεῖα ἄλλα ... ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ διορισμῷ Dam.in Prm.437, τὸ γὰρ ἄκουρον οὐκ ἐ. ἄπαιδα Porph.ad Od.7.64, καὶ οὕτω μᾶλλον ἐ. τὸ εἰρημένον Simp.in Cael.568.19, cf. in Ph.549.12.
