postponement

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

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. ἀναβολή, ἡ, V. ἀμβολή, ἡ; see also delay.