ῥεῖα
δός μοι πᾷ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινήσω → give me a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a place to stand and I'll move the earth, give me the place to stand and I shall move the earth, give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world, give me a firm spot to stand and I will move the world, give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a fulcrum and I shall move the world
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.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ῥεῖα: Ἐπικ. ἀντὶ ῥέα, ῥᾷ, (ἐνίοτε ἐκθλίβεται, Ἰλ. Ο. 356, Ὀδ. Ρ. 273), ἐπίρρ. τοῦ ῥᾴδιος, εὐκόλως, εὐχερῶς, συχν. παρ’ Ὁμ. καὶ Ἡσιόδῳ· θεοὶ ῥεῖα ζώοντες, ἐν ἀνέσει καὶ εὐμαρεία ζῶντες, Λατ. securum agentes aevom, Ἰλ. Ζ. 138, Ὀδ. Δ. 805· τούτοισιν μὲν ταῦτα μέλει, κίθαρις καὶ ἀοιδή, ῥεῖα, εὐαρέστως, Ὀδ. Α. 160· ἐπιτείνεται, ῥεῖα μάλ’ Ἰλ. Γ. 381, Ο. 362, κτλ.· ὡς ῥεῖα, μετὰ πόσης εὐκολίας, πόσον εὐχερῶς, μετὰ πόσης εὐκινησίας! Π. 745, 749.
French (Bailly abrégé)
adv.
c. ῥέα;
facilement, aisément, agréablement.
English (Autenrieth)
easily; θεοὶ ῥεῖα ζώοντες, i. e. without the effort entailed by care and trouble, Od. 5.122.
see ῥέα.
Greek Monolingual
Α
επίρρ. βλ. ῥέα.
