Giebel

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

German > Latin

Giebel, fastigium. – die Vorderseite des G., frons. – Giebeldach, fastigium. – Giebelspitze,-zinne, culmen.