ἐρείδειν

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 > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also: ἐρείδω) fix, lean, plant, rest, support, put down firmly