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ῥᾴδιος

ῥᾴδιος, ῥᾴδιος, ῥᾳδίᾱ, ῥᾴδιον, easy

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ῥᾴω Adjective: masculine accusative singular comparative, Adjective: feminine accusative singular comparative, Adjective: neuter accusative plural comparative, Adjective: neuter nominative plural comparative of ῥᾴδιος

ῥᾴω Verb: present active indicative 1st singular, Verb: present active subjunctive 1st singular of ῥαίω

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ῥᾴδιος (ῥαιδ- correctly in early texts, PCair.Zen. 367.20 (iii B.C.), etc., later ῥαδ-, Diog.Oen. 10, etc.), α, ον: Ep. and Ion. ῥηΐδιος [ῐδ], η, ον, as always in Hom.; ῥῄδιος, η, ον, Thgn. 574, 577 (v. infr. B):—Degrees of Comparison: ῥᾳδιώτερος is cited from Hyp. by Poll. 5.107, perhaps by error for ῥᾳδιέστερος, which occurs in Hyp. Fr. 86, Arist. Pr. 870b37 (as Adv.), Plb. 11.1.1, 16.20.4. Adv. -έστατα Ph. Bel. 96.33:—but the form ῥᾴων, ῥᾷον is more common, Th. 5.36, etc.; Ion. ῥηΐων, ῥήϊον, (v. infr. B); Ep. ῥηΐτερος Il. 18.258, 24.243, etc.; contr. ῥῄτερος Thgn. 1370; Dor. ῥᾴτερος Pi. O. 8.60 (ῥαΐτερον codd.); a form ῥᾴσσων in EM 158.15: ῥᾳότερον, gloss on εὐπετέστερον, Erot. p.35 N.: Sup., Att. ῥᾷστος, η, ον; Dor. ῥάϊστος Theoc. 11.7 (Adv.); Ion. and Ep. ῥήϊστος Od. 4.565; contr. ῥῇστος Timo 67.2 (Adv.); Ep. ῥηΐτατος, v. infr. B. III fin.: (v. ῥᾶ, ῥέα, ῥεῖα):—
  • easy, ready, and so easy to make or do, opp. χαλεπός (Arist. Rh. 1363a23); ῥηΐδιόν τι ἔπος a word easy to understand and follow, Od. 11.146, cf. h.Ap. 534; οἶμος ῥηϊδίη an easy road, Hes. Op. 292; ταχὺς γὰρ Ἅιδης ῥᾷστος ἀνδρὶ δυστυχεῖ, i. e. least painful, E. Hipp. 1047: c. inf., τάφρος περῆσαι ῥηϊδίη easy to pass over, Il. 12.54; ῥηΐτεροι πολεμίζειν ἦσαν Ἀχαιοί easier to fight with, 18.258; ῥηΐτεροι . . Ἀχαιοῖσιν ἐναιρέμεν easier for them to slay, 24.243; οὐ ῥηΐδιʼ ἐστὶ θεῶν ἐρικυδέα δῶρα ἀνδράσι γε θνητοῖσι δαμήμεναι 20.265; ῥᾴονι ἂν ἐχρώμεθα τῷ Φιλίππῳ we should have found P. easier to resist, D. 1.9.
      • 2 ῥᾴδιόν ἐστι it is easy, c. inf., ῥᾴδιον πόλιν σεῖσαι καὶ ἀφαυροτέροις Pi. P. 4.272; τοῖς γὰρ δικαίοις ἀντέχειν οὐ ῥᾴδιον S. Fr. 78, cf. Ph. 1395, Ar. Th. 68, Th. 6.21, etc.: c. acc. et inf., τύραννον εὐσεβεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον S. Aj. 1350, cf. X. HG 6.2.10; χαλεπὸν τὸ ποιεῖν, τὸ δὲ κελεῦσαι ῥ. Philem. 27; τὸ ἐπιτιμᾶν ῥ. καὶ παντὸς εἶναι D. 1.16; ῥᾷον παραινεῖν ἢ παθόντα καρτερεῖν Men. Mon. 471, etc.: ῥᾷστοί εἰσιν ἀμύνεσθαι,= ῥᾴδιόν ἐστιν αὐτοὺς ἀμύνεσθαι, Th. 4.10; ῥᾷσται ἐς τὸ βλάπτεσθαι (sc. αἱ νῆες) Id. 7.67.
        • b also ῥᾴδιόν ἐστι it is a light matter, you think little of doing, παρʼ ὑμῖν ῥ. ξενοκτονεῖν E. Hec. 1247.
      • 3 Adv. phrase, ἐκ ῥᾳδίας easily, Plot. 4.8.1.
    • II easy-going, adaptable, ῥ. ἤθεα E. Hipp. 1116 (lyr.); in bad sense, reckless, unscrupulous, ῥ. τὸν τρόπον Luc. Merc.Cond. 40, cf. Alex. 4; ῥ. τὼ ὀφθαλμώ having a roving eye, Alciphr. 1.6; cf. B. I.2, ῥᾳδιουργός.
      • 2 ῥᾴων γενέσθαι to be easier, get better, of a sick person, Hp. Loc.Hom. 34; ὡσπερεὶ ῥ. ἔσομαι shall feel easier, better, D. 45.57; ταῦτʼ ἢν ποιῇς, ῥ. ἔσει Theopomp.Com. 62; Εὐριπίδου μνήσθητι, καὶ ῥ. ἔσει Philippid. 18.
  • B Adv. ῥᾳδίως, Aeol. βραϊδίως Theoc. 30.27; Ep. and Ion. ῥηϊδίως, as always in Hom.; ῥηδίως Herod. 7.69:—easily, readily, Il. 4.390, al., Hes. Op. 43, Hdt. 9.2, etc.; in Trag. and Att. freq. ῥᾳδίως φέρειν bear lightly or with equanimity, make light of a thing, E. Andr. 744, etc.; ῥ. προσίσταται ib. 232; ῥ. ἀπολείπειν to leave not unwillingly, Th. 1.2; ῥᾳδίως ἀπαλλάττοιντο αὐτῶν Pl. Phd. 63a.
      • 2 in bad sense, lightly, recklessly, ῥ. περὶ μεγάλων βουλεύεσθαι Th. 1.73, cf. Pl. Lg. 917b; ῥᾳδίως οὕτως in this easy, thoughtless way, Id. R. 377b, 378a; ῥ. τολμῶσι λέγειν Lys. 19.49.
      • 3 of things, ταλάντου ῥᾳδίως ἄξιος easily, fully worth a talent, Is. 8.35; οὐ ῥ. hardly, scarcely, Plu. Lyc. 31, cf. Aud. 2.39b.
    • II Comp., ῥᾷον φέρειν Th. 8.89; ῥ. ὀμνύναι κἀπιορκεῖν ἢ ὁτιοῦν nothing so easy, D. 54.39; Ion. ῥήϊον Hp. Int. 12; also ῥηϊτέρως, Id. Mul. 1.1, 26.
    • III Sup. ῥᾷστα, esp. in phrases, ῥᾷστα φέρειν S. OT 983; ὡς ῥᾷστα φέρειν A. Pr. 104, E. Hel. 254, cf. Supp. 954, etc.; ῥ. τε καὶ ἥδιστα βιοτεύειν X. Mem. 2.1.9; later, ἐκ τοῦ ῥᾴστου D.H. Comp. 25, Plu. Fab. 11: Ep. ῥηΐτατα Od. 19.577.

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