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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

  • καὶ ὑπεροψίασ μέν γε καὶ τύφου καὶ τοῦ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐντυγχάνοντασ φρυάγματοσ οὐδὲ κατ’ ἀξίαν δύναιο ἂν παρ’ αὐτοῦ λαβεῖν τὴν δίκην ῥᾷον γοῦν τὸν ἥλιον ἄν τισ ἢ τοῦτον ἀσκαρδαμυκτὶ προσέβλεψεν. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 26:6)
  • καὶ τὰ μὲν τῆσ γυναικόσ, ὦ πάτερ, οὕτωσ ἔχει, καὶ πάνυ σοι τετηρηκὼσ λέγω ‐ οὔ ποτε ῥᾷον ἕξει, κἂν μυριάκισ πίῃ τοῦ φαρμάκου. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 32:1)
  • καὶ ἐπείπερ καταβεβήκαμεν, αὐτὴ μὲν ἐνταῦθά που ἐπὶ τοῦ πάγου κάθησο εἰσ τὴν πνύκα ὁρῶσα καὶ περιμένουσα ἔστ’ ἂν κηρύξω τὰ παρὰ τοῦ Διόσ, ἐγὼ δὲ εἰσ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἀναβὰσ ῥᾷον οὕτωσ ἅπαντασ ἐκ τοῦ ἐπηκόου προσκαλέσομαι. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 9:3)
  • ῥᾷον δὲ πένθοσ τῆσ θαλασσίασ θεοῦ οἴσω· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 4:15)
  • ἦν τοίνυν πάλαι ‐ ῥᾷον γὰρ οὕτω δῆλον ἂν γένοιτο, εἴ τι ἠδίκηκα ἐγὼ μετακοσμήσασ καὶ νεωτερίσασ τὰ περὶ τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ ‐ ἦν οὖν τὸ θεῖον μόνον καὶ τὸ ἐπουράνιον γένοσ, ἡ γῆ δὲ ἄγριόν τι χρῆμα καὶ ἄμορφον, ὕλαισ ἅπασα καὶ ταύταισ ἀνημέροισ λάσιοσ, οὔτε δὲ βωμοὶ θεῶν ἢ νέωσ, ‐ πόθεν γάρ ^ ; (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. easy

  2. easygoing

  3. better

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