supine

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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adjective

lying on one's back: P. and V. ὕπτιος.

slack: Ar. and P. μαλακός.

lazy: P. and V. ἀργός. ῥᾴθυμος, P. ἄπονος.

heedless: Ar. and P. ἀμελής, P. ὀλίγωρος.

sit supine, sit doing nothing, v.: P. and V. καθῆσθαι.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sŭpīnē: adv., v. supinus.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sŭpīnē¹⁶ (supinus), avec nonchalance : Sen. Ben. 2, 24, 3.

Latin > German (Georges)

supīnē, Adv. (supinus), zurückgewandt, mit abgewandtem Gesicht, Sen. de ben. 2, 24, 3.

Latin > Chinese

supine. adv. :: 忽然