προσκλίνω
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)
[ῑ],
A cause to lean against, place against, βέλος προσέκλινε κορώνῃ Od.21.138,165:—Pass., πατρὸς ἐμοῖο θρόνος ποτικέκλῐται (Ep. and Dor. pf. Pass.) αὐτῇ stands by her, i.e. hers, or the pillar, 6.308; νῶτον ποτικεκλιμένον his back thereon reclined, Pi.P.1.28; ὁ ἱερεὺς -κλείνεται (sic) πρὸς με[. .] IG42(1).742.11 (Epid., ii/iii A.D.); προσκλιθείς τινι turning towards him, Philostr. VA3.30. 2 π. τὴν θύραν close the door, J.AJ5.4.2. II turn or incline towards, τὴν ψυχὴν τοῖς λόγοις v.l. in Plu.2.36d; τὸν νοῦν τῶν θεῶν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις Iamb.Myst.1.12. III seemingly intr. (sc. ἑαυτόν), incline towards, be attached to one, join his party, τοῖς Ῥοδίοις Plb.4.51.5, cf. 5.86.10 (Reiske for προσκιν (-κυν-) οῦσι) ; ταῖς Μιθραδάτου ἐλπίσιν Agatharch.Fr.Hist.16 J.:—Pass., προσκλιθῆναί τινι LXX 2 Ma.14.24, Act.Ap.5.36, S.E.M.7.324. IV Gramm., inflect, ἔξωθεν -κλιθῆναι A.D.Synt.324.18.
