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ῥᾴδιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥᾴδιος ῥᾴδιᾱ ῥᾴδιον

Structure: ῥᾳδι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. easy, easy to understand, easy to do
  2. easygoing, adaptable, reckless, unscrupulous
  3. better (i.e. get better from sickness)

Examples

  • τὸ γὰρ ἐκ παντὸσ εἰσ ἐλάχιστον συναχθὲν ῥᾴδιον ἐξ ὀλίγου μηδὲ εἶναι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 3 1:3)
  • ἔπειτα δὲ ὡσ ἄδικοσ ὁ τοιοῦτοσ καὶ παράνομόσ ἐστι καὶ ἀσεβὴσ καὶ τοῖσ χρωμένοισ ἐπιζήμιοσ, ῥᾴδιον καταμαθεῖν. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 8:1)
  • τὸ δ’ ἕτερον ῥᾴδιον, τὸ μηκέτι ὠνεῖσθαι βιβλία. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 26:1)
  • ἔτι δὲ πρὸσ ἐνίουσ, οὐδ’ εἰ τὴν ἀκριβεστάτην ἔχοιμεν ἐπιστήμην, ῥᾴδιον ἀπ’ ἐκείνησ πεῖσαι λέγοντασ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 6 1:6)
  • "οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ ῥᾴδιον αὐτῷ ἔτ’ ἀναδῦναι· (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:82)
  • καὶ ἡμῖν μὲν τοῖσ τὴν κακοπάθειαν ἐπιδεδεγμένοισ τῆσ ἐπιτομῆσ οὐ ρᾴδιον, ἱδρῶτοσ δὲ καὶ ἀγρυπνίασ τὸ πρᾶγμα, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 2:26)
  • ἀσεβεῖν γὰρ εἰσ τοὺσ θείουσ νόμουσ οὐ ρᾴδιον, ἀλλὰ ταῦτα ὁ ἀκόλουθοσ καιρὸσ δηλώσει. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:17)

Synonyms

  1. easy

  2. easygoing

  3. better

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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