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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

  • οὐ γὰρ ἐθέλει ἀφίστασθαι ῥᾳδίωσ, ἀλλ’ ἔνθα ἂν ἀπερείσῃ τὸ πρῶτον, τούτου ἔχεται καὶ τὸ παρὸν ἐπαινεῖ· (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 8:1)
  • ἐρωτικὸσ δὲ ὢν καὶ εἰσ τὰ ἀφροδίσια ἐκκεχυμένοσ ^ ῥᾳδίωσ ἐνέπλησε παίδων τὸν οὐρανόν, . (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 5:4)
  • τοιγαροῦν πολλῶν κακῶν ὁ βίοσ ἐπλήσθη ὑπὸ τῶν οὕτω ῥᾳδίωσ καὶ ἀνεξετάστωσ πεπιστευμένων διαβολῶν. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 26:1)
  • τὰ μὲν οὖν τῆσ γυμνῆσ ἀγωνίασ αὐτίκα ἐδόκει αὐτῷ ἀδύνατον εἶναι μήτε πρὸσ ἰσχὺν μήτε πρὸσ ὠκύτητα εὖ πεφυκότι, κιθάρᾳ δὲ καὶ ᾠδῇ ῥᾳδίωσ κρατήσειν ἐπείσθη ὑπὸ καταράτων ἀνθρώπων οὓσ εἶχε περὶ αὑτὸν ἐπαινούντων καὶ βοώντων ὁπότε καὶ τὸ σμικρότατον ἐκεῖνοσ ἀνακρούσαιτο. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 8:3)
  • ὁ δὲ γεννάδασ Ὅμηροσ ἀπὸ δυοῖν στίχοιν αὐτίκα ἡμῖν ἀμβατὸν ἐποίησε τὸν οὐρανόν, οὕτω ῥᾳδίωσ συνθεὶσ τὰ ὄρη. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 4:7)

Synonyms

  1. easy

  2. easygoing

  3. better

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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