εκσχίζω

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

Source

Greek Monolingual

ἐκσχίζω (Α)
σχίζω στα δύο, χωρίζω («ὁ τοῦ πυρὸς ποταμὸς ἐξεσχίσθη», Αριστ.).