Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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 ὅλωσ τὸ χαλεπώτερον τοῦ ῥᾴονοσ· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 7 15:1)
  • ταύτασ τρεῖσ ἡμέρασ ἑξῆσ διήγαγον παντελῶσ ἀνιδρωτὶ νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν, ὥστε μηδὲ χιτωνίσκου δεῆσαι μεταλαβεῖν, καὶ οὔπω πρόσθεν ἐμαυτοῦ ῥᾴονοσ ᾐσθόμην. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 2:18)

Synonyms

  1. easy

  2. easygoing

  3. better

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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