ῥεῖα
Ἃ δέ σοι συνεχῶς παρήγγελλον, ταῦτα καὶ πρᾶττε καὶ μελέτα, στοιχεῖα τοῦ καλῶς ζῆν ταῦτ' εἶναι διαλαμβάνων (Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus 123.2) → Carry on and practice the things I incessantly used to urge you to do, realizing that they are the essentials of a good life.
English (LSJ)
Ep. for ῥέα, ῥᾶ (qq. v.), (sts. elided, Il.15.356, Od.17.273), Adv. of ῥᾴδιος,
A easily, lightly, freq. in Hom. (v. infr.) and Hes. (Op.6, al., but ῥέα ib.5); θεοὶ ῥεῖα ζώοντες the gods who live at ease, Il.6.138, Od.4.805; τούτοισιν μὲν ταῦτα μέλει, κίθαρις καὶ ἀοιδή, ῥεῖα lightly, pleasantly, 1.160; strengthd. ῥεῖα μάλ' Il.3.381, 15.362, etc.; ὡς ῥεῖα κυβιστᾷ easily, deftly, 16.745, cf. 749.
German (Pape)
[Seite 837] p., bes. ep. statt ῥέα, adv. zu ῥᾴδιος, leicht, ohne Mühe; oft bei Hom. u. Hes.; θεοὶ ῥεῖα ζώοντες, die ohne Mühe, ohne Sorge lebenden, Il. 6, 138 Od. 4, 805, von den Alten ἀμόχθως, ἀπόνως erkl.
