ῥᾴδιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(<b class="b3">ῥαιδ-</b> correctly in early texts, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>367.20</span> (iii B.C.), etc., later <b class="b3">ῥαδ-</b>, <span class="bibl">Diog.Oen.10</span>, etc.), α, ον: Ep. and Ion. ῥηΐδιος [<b class="b3">ῐδ], η, ον</b>, as always in Hom.; ῥῄδιος, η, ον, <span class="bibl">Thgn.574</span>,<span class="bibl">577</span> (v. infr. B):—Degrees of Comparison: [[ῥᾳδιώτερος]] is cited from Hyp. by <span class="bibl">Poll.5.107</span>, perhaps by error for [[ῥᾳδιέστερος]], which occurs in <span class="bibl">Hyp. <span class="title">Fr.</span>86</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>870b37</span> (as Adv.), <span class="bibl">Plb.11.1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">16.20.4</span>. Adv. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -έστατα <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>96.33</span>:—but the form <b class="b3">ῥᾴων, ῥᾷον</b> is more common, <span class="bibl">Th.5.36</span>, etc.; Ion. <b class="b3">ῥηΐων, ῥήϊον</b>, (v. infr. B); Ep. ῥηΐτερος <span class="bibl">Il.18.258</span>, <span class="bibl">24.243</span>, etc.; contr. ῥῄτερος <span class="bibl">Thgn.1370</span>; Dor. ῥᾴτερος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>8.60</span> ([[ῥαΐτερον]] codd.); a form [[ῥᾴσσων]] in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>158.15</span>: [[ῥᾳότερον]], gloss on [[εὐπετέστερον]], Erot.<span class="bibl">p.35</span> N.: Sup., Att. <b class="b3">ῥᾷστος, η, ον</b>; Dor. ῥάϊστος <span class="bibl">Theoc.11.7</span> (Adv.); Ion. and Ep. ῥήϊστος <span class="bibl">Od.4.565</span>; contr. [[ῥῇστος]] Timo <span class="bibl">67.2</span> (Adv.); Ep. [[ῥηΐτατος]], v. infr. B. 111 fin.: (v. <b class="b3">ῥᾶ, ῥέα, ῥεῖα</b>):—[[easy]], [[ready]], and so [[easy to make]] or [[do]], opp. [[χαλεπός]] (<span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1363a23</span>); <b class="b3">ῥηΐδιόν τι ἔπος</b> a word [[easy to understand and follow]], <span class="bibl">Od.11.146</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>534</span>; <b class="b3">οἶμος ῥηϊδίη</b> an [[easy]] road, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>292</span>; <b class="b3">ταχὺς γὰρ Ἅιδης ῥᾷστος ἀνδρὶ δυστυχεῖ</b>, i. e. least painful, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1047</span>: c. inf., <b class="b3">τάφρος περῆσαι ῥηϊδίη</b> [[easy]] to pass over, <span class="bibl">Il.12.54</span>; <b class="b3">ῥηΐτεροι πολεμίζειν ἦσαν Ἀχαιοί</b> [[easier]] to fight with, <span class="bibl">18.258</span>; <b class="b3">ῥηΐτεροι . . Ἀχαιοῖσιν ἐναιρέμεν</b> [[easier]] for them to slay, <span class="bibl">24.243</span>; οὐ ῥηΐδι' ἐστὶ θεῶν ἐρικυδέα δῶρα ἀνδράσι γε θνητοῖσι δαμήμεναι <span class="bibl">20.265</span>; <b class="b3">ῥᾴονι ἂν ἐχρώμεθα τῷ Φιλίππῳ</b> we should have found P. [[easier]] to resist, <span class="bibl">D.1.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ῥᾴδιόν ἐστι</b> it is [[easy]], c. inf., ῥᾴδιον πόλιν σεῖσαι καὶ ἀφαυροτέροις <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.272</span>; τοῖς γὰρ δικαίοις ἀντέχειν οὐ ῥᾴδιον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>78</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1395</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>68</span>, <span class="bibl">Th. 6.21</span>, etc.: c. acc. et inf., τύραννον εὐσεβεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1350</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.2.10</span>; <b class="b3">χαλεπὸν τὸ ποιεῖν, τὸ δὲ κελεῦσαι ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">Philem.27</span>; τὸ ἐπιτιμᾶν ῥ. καὶ παντὸς εἶναι <span class="bibl">D.1.16</span>; ῥᾷον παραινεῖν ἢ παθόντα καρτερεῖν <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>471</span>, etc.: <b class="b3">ῥᾷστοί εἰσιν ἀμύνεσθαι</b>,= <b class="b3">ῥᾴδιόν ἐστιν αὐτοὺς ἀμύνεσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.10</span>; <b class="b3">ῥᾷσται ἐς τὸ βλάπτεσθαι</b> (sc. <b class="b3">αἱ νῆες</b>) <span class="bibl">Id.7.67</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> also <b class="b3">ῥᾴδιόν ἐστι</b> it is [[a light matter]], [[you think little]] of doing, παρ' ὑμῖν ῥ. ξενοκτονεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1247</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> Adv. phrase, <b class="b3">ἐκ ῥᾳδίας</b> [[easily]], <span class="bibl">Plot. 4.8.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[easy-going]], [[adaptable]], ῥ. ἤθεα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1116</span> (lyr.); in bad sense, [[reckless]], [[unscrupulous]], ῥ. τὸν τρόπον <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>40</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alex.</span>4</span>; <b class="b3">ῥ. τὼ ὀφθαλμώ</b> [[having a roving]] eye, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.6</span>; cf. <span class="bibl">B. 1.2</span>, [[ῥᾳδιουργός]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ῥᾴων γενέσθαι</b> to be [[easier]], get [[better]], of a sick person, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Loc.Hom.</span>34</span>; <b class="b3">ὡσπερεὶ ῥ. ἔσομαι</b> shall feel [[easier]], [[better]], <span class="bibl">D.45.57</span>; ταῦτ' ἢν ποιῇς, ῥ. ἔσει <span class="bibl">Theopomp.Com.62</span>; Εὐριπίδου μνήσθητι, καὶ ῥ. ἔσει <span class="bibl">Philippid.18</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> Adv. [[ῥᾳδίως]], Aeol. βραϊδίως <span class="bibl">Theoc.30.27</span>; Ep. and Ion. [[ῥηϊδίως]], as always in Hom.; ῥηδίως <span class="bibl">Herod.7.69</span>:—[[easily]], [[readily]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.390</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>43</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.2</span>, etc.; in Trag. and Att. freq. <b class="b3">ῥᾳδίως φέρειν</b> bear [[lightly]] or [[with equanimity]], make [[light]] of a thing, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>744</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ῥ. προσίσταται</b> ib.<span class="bibl">232</span>; <b class="b3">ῥ. ἀπολείπειν</b> to leave [[not unwillingly]], <span class="bibl">Th. 1.2</span>; ῥᾳδίως ἀπαλλάττοιντο αὐτῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>63a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in bad sense, [[lightly]], [[recklessly]], ῥ. περὶ μεγάλων βουλεύεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.1.73</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>917b</span>; <b class="b3">ῥᾳδίως οὕτως</b> [[in]] this [[easy]], [[thoughtless way]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>377b</span>, <span class="bibl">378a</span>; ῥ. τολμῶσι λέγειν <span class="bibl">Lys.19.49</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of things, <b class="b3">ταλάντου ῥᾳδίως ἄξιος</b> [[easily]], [[fully]] worth a talent, <span class="bibl">Is.8.35</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ ῥ</b>. [[hardly]], [[scarcely]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.39b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Comp., ῥᾷον φέρειν <span class="bibl">Th.8.89</span>; <b class="b3">ῥ. ὀμνύναι κἀπιορκεῖν ἢ ὁτιοῦν</b> nothing so [[easy]], <span class="bibl">D.54.39</span>; Ion. ῥήϊον <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Int.</span>12</span>; also [[ῥηϊτέρως]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.1</span>,<span class="bibl">26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Sup. [[ῥᾷστα]], esp. in phrases, ῥᾷστα φέρειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>983</span>; ὡς ῥᾷστα φέρειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>104</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>254</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>954</span>, etc.; ῥ. τε καὶ ἥδιστα βιοτεύειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.9</span>; later, ἐκ τοῦ ῥᾴστου <span class="bibl">D.H. <span class="title">Comp.</span>25</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Fab.</span>11</span>: Ep. ῥηΐτατα <span class="bibl">Od.19.577</span>.</span>