ῥᾳστώνη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. ῥῃστώνη, ἡ, (ῥᾷστος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">easiness of doing</b> anything, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>460d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span> 684d</span>; opp. <b class="b3">χαλεπότης</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Criti.</span>107c</span>; <b class="b3">ῥᾳστώνῃ</b> or <b class="b3">μετὰ ῥᾳστώνης</b> [[with ease]], [[easily]], [[lightly]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Epin.</span>991c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>625b</span>; <b class="b3">ῥᾳστώνην παρασκευάζειν τινός</b> find <b class="b2">an easy way of doing</b> a thing, ib.<span class="bibl">720c</span>; <b class="b3">πολλὴ ῥ. γίγνεται</b>, c. inf., one has great [[ease]] in doing, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>459c</span>; <b class="b3">ὄχλῳ ῥᾳστώνην φυγῆς παρέσχον</b> afforded an <b class="b2">easy opportunity</b> of escape, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span>20</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὰς ῥ</b>. for the [[conveniences]] of getting food, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1256a26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">easiness of temper, good nature, mildness</b>, c. gen. objecti, <b class="b3">ἐκ ῥῃστώνης</b> (dub. l.) <b class="b3">τῆς Δημοκήδεος</b> from <b class="b2">kindness to</b> Democedes, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.136</span>; <b class="b3">χάριτι καὶ ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plb.38.11.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">relief from anything unpleasant</b>, <b class="b3">μηδεμίαν διδόντα ῥ. [τοῖς ἀδικοῦσι</b>] <span class="bibl">D.24.69</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.13.85</span>; <b class="b2">relief from pain</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>3.17</span>.<b class="b3">θ; ῥ. τῆς πόσεως</b> <b class="b2">recovery from</b> the effects of drinking, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>176b</span>; ἐκ τῶν πόνων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>779a</span>; ἀσφάλεια καὶ ῥ. τισὶ ἀπὸ Λακεδαιμονίων <span class="bibl">Plb.18.14.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[rest]], [[leisure]], [[ease]], <b class="b3">ἐμαυτῷ ῥᾳστώνην ἐξηῦρον</b> found [[recreation]], <span class="bibl">Lys.24.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>310c</span>, etc.; ὀλίγοις πόνοις πολλὰς ῥ. κτώμενος <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.45</span>; <b class="b3">ἔχει τινὰ ῥᾳστώνην τὸ λέγειν</b> it brings a certain [[relief]], <span class="bibl">D.<span class="title">Ep.</span>3.44</span>; ἀναπνοὴν καὶ ῥ. ἐν τῷ καύματι παρέχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span> 70d</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ ῥᾳστώνην</b> for the sake of [[resting]], <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>5.8.16</span>; πρὸς ῥ. καὶ διαγωγήν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>982b23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[luxurious ease]], [[indolence]], τῆς ῥ. τὸ τερπνόν <span class="bibl">Th.1.120</span>; <b class="b3">ῥ. καὶ ῥαθυμία</b> [[nonchalance]], [[carelessness]], <span class="bibl">D.10.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">18.45</span> (interchanged with <b class="b3">ῥαθυμία</b> in Isoc. l.c.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">resting-time, season of calm and tranquillity</b>, ἐν ἀπεριστάτοις ῥ. σφάλλεσθαι <span class="bibl">Plb.6.44.8</span>. [<b class="b3">Ῥαιστώνη</b> as name of an Athenian trireme, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1608.52; <b class="b3">ῥαιστ-</b> also in Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>3.8.]</span>