ῥᾴδιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=([[ῥαιδιος]] correctly in early texts, ''PCair.Zen.''367.20 (iii B.C.), etc., later <b class="b3">ῥαδ-</b>, Diog.Oen.10, etc.), α, ον: Ep. and Ion. [[ῥηΐδιος]] [ῐδ], η, ον, as always in Hom.; [[ῥῄδιος]], η, ον, Thgn.574,577 (v. infr. B):—Degrees of Comparison: [[ῥᾳδιώτερος]] is cited from Hyp. by Poll.5.107, perhaps by error for [[ῥᾳδιέστερος]], which occurs in Hyp. ''Fr.''86, Arist.''Pr.''870b37 (as adverb), Plb.11.1.1, 16.20.4. Adv.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ῥᾳδιέστατα]] Ph.''Bel.''96.33:—but the form [[ῥᾴων]], [[ῥᾷον]] is more common, Th.5.36, etc.; Ion. [[ῥηΐων]], [[ῥήϊον]], (v. infr. B); Ep. [[ῥηΐτερος]] Il.18.258, 24.243, etc.; contr. [[ῥῄτερος]] Thgn.1370; Dor. [[ῥᾴτερος]] Pi.''O.''8.60 ([[ῥαΐτερον]] codd.); a form [[ῥᾴσσων]] in ''EM''158.15: [[ῥᾳότερον]], gloss on [[εὐπετέστερον]], Erot.p.35 N.: Sup., Att. [[ῥᾷστος]], [[ῥᾷστη]], [[ῥᾷστον]]; Dor. [[ῥάϊστος]] Theoc.11.7 (Adv.); Ion. and Ep. [[ῥήϊστος]] Od.4.565; contr. [[ῥῇστος]] Timo 67.2 (Adv.); Ep. [[ῥηΐτατος]], v. infr. B. ΙΙΙ fin.: (v. [[ῥᾶ]], [[ῥέα]], [[ῥεῖα]]):—[[easy]], [[ready]], and so [[easy to make]] or [[easy to do]], opp. [[χαλεπός]] (Arist.''Rh.''1363a23); [[ῥηΐδιόν τι ἔπος]] a [[word]] [[easy to understand and follow]], Od.11.146, cf. ''h.Ap.''534; [[οἶμος]] ῥηϊδίη = an [[easy]] [[road]], Hes.''Op.''292; <b class="b3">ταχὺς γὰρ Ἅιδης ῥᾷστος ἀνδρὶ δυστυχεῖ</b>, i.e. [[least]] [[painful]], E.''Hipp.''1047: c. inf., [[τάφρος]] περῆσαι ῥηϊδίη = [[easy to pass over]], Il.12.54; <b class="b3">ῥηΐτεροι πολεμίζειν ἦσαν Ἀχαιοί</b> [[easier]] to [[fight]] with, 18.258; <b class="b3">ῥηΐτεροι . . Ἀχαιοῖσιν ἐναιρέμεν</b> [[easier]] for them to [[slay]], 24.243; οὐ ῥηΐδι' ἐστὶ θεῶν ἐρικυδέα δῶρα ἀνδράσι γε θνητοῖσι δαμήμεναι 20.265; <b class="b3">ῥᾴονι ἂν ἐχρώμεθα τῷ Φιλίππῳ</b> we should have found [[Philip]] [[easier]] to [[resist]], D.1.9.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ῥᾴδιόν ἐστι]] = [[it is easy]], c. inf., ῥᾴδιον πόλιν σεῖσαι καὶ [[ἀφαυρός|ἀφαυροτέροις]] Pi.''P.''4.272; τοῖς γὰρ δικαίοις [[ἀντέχειν]] οὐ ῥᾴδιον [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''78, cf. ''Ph.''1395, Ar.''Th.''68, Th. 6.21, etc.: c. acc. et inf., τύραννον εὐσεβεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1350, cf. X.''HG''6.2.10; <b class="b3">χαλεπὸν τὸ ποιεῖν, τὸ δὲ κελεῦσαι ῥ.</b> Philem.27; τὸ ἐπιτιμᾶν ῥ. καὶ παντὸς εἶναι D.1.16; ῥᾷον [[παραινεῖν]] ἢ παθόντα [[καρτερεῖν]] Men.''Mon.''471, etc.: <b class="b3">ῥᾷστοί εἰσιν ἀμύνεσθαι</b>,= <b class="b3">ῥᾴδιόν ἐστιν αὐτοὺς ἀμύνεσθαι</b>, Th.4.10; <b class="b3">ῥᾷσται ἐς τὸ βλάπτεσθαι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">αἱ νῆες</b>) Id.7.67.<br><span class="bld">b</span> also [[ῥᾴδιόν ἐστι]] = [[it is a light matter]], [[you think little of doing]], παρ' ὑμῖν ῥ. [[ξενοκτονεῖν]] E.''Hec.''1247.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Adv. phrase, [[ἐκ ῥᾳδίας]] = [[easily]], Plot. 4.8.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[easy-going]], [[adaptable]], ῥ. ἤθεα E.''Hipp.''1116 (lyr.); in bad sense, [[reckless]], [[unscrupulous]], ῥᾴδιος τὸν τρόπον Luc.''Merc.Cond.''40, cf. ''Alex.''4; [[ῥᾴδιος τὼ ὀφθαλμώ]] = [[having a roving eye]], Alciphr.1.6; cf. B. 1.2, [[ῥᾳδιουργός]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ῥᾴων γενέσθαι]] to [[be easier]], [[get better]], of a [[sick]] person, Hp.''Loc.Hom.''34; <b class="b3">ὡσπερεὶ ῥᾴων ἔσομαι</b> shall [[feel]] [[easier]], [[better]], D.45.57; ταῦτ' ἢν ποιῇς, ῥ. ἔσει Theopomp.Com.62; Εὐριπίδου μνήσθητι, καὶ ῥ. ἔσει Philippid.18.<br><span class="bld">B</span> Adv. [[ῥᾳδίως]], Aeol. [[βραϊδίως]] Theoc.30.27; Ep. and Ion. [[ῥηϊδίως]], as always in Hom.; [[ῥηδίως]] Herod.7.69:—[[easily]], [[readily]], Il.4.390, al., Hes.''Op.''43, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.2, etc.; in Trag. and Att. freq. <b class="b3">ῥᾳδίως φέρειν</b> bear [[lightly]] or [[with equanimity]], make [[light]] of a thing, E.''Andr.''744, etc.; <b class="b3">ῥᾳδίως προσίσταται</b> ib.232; <b class="b3">ῥᾳδίως ἀπολείπειν</b> to [[leave]] [[not unwillingly]], Th. 1.2; ῥᾳδίως ἀπαλλάττοιντο αὐτῶν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]''63a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in bad sense, [[lightly]], [[recklessly]], ῥᾳδίως περὶ μεγάλων [[βουλεύεσθαι]] Th.1.73, cf. Pl.''Lg.''917b; [[ῥᾳδίως οὕτως]] = [[in this easy way]], [[in this thoughtless way]], Id.''R.''377b, 378a; ῥ. τολμῶσι λέγειν Lys.19.49.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of things, <b class="b3">ταλάντου ῥᾳδίως ἄξιος</b> [[easily]], [[fully]] [[worth]] a [[talent]], Is.8.35; [[οὐ ῥᾳδίως]] = [[hardly]], [[scarcely]], Plu.''Lyc.''31, cf. 2.39b.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Comp., ῥᾷον [[φέρειν]] Th.8.89; <b class="b3">ῥᾷον ὀμνύναι κἀπιορκεῖν ἢ ὁτιοῦν</b> = they thought less of swearing and perjuring themselves than of anything else in the world, D.54.39; Ion. [[ῥήϊον]] Hp.''Int.''12; also [[ῥηϊτέρως]], Id.''Mul.''1.1,26.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Sup. [[ῥᾷστα]], especially in phrases, [[ῥᾷστα]] [[φέρειν]] [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''983; ὡς ῥᾷστα φέρειν [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''104, E.''Hel.''254, cf. ''Supp.''954, etc.; ῥᾷστα τε καὶ ἥδιστα [[βιοτεύειν]] [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.1.9; later, ἐκ τοῦ ῥᾴστου [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''25, Plu.''Fab.''11: Ep. [[ῥηΐτατα]] Od.19.577.