ῥᾳστώνη: Difference between revisions

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