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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

  • καθάπερ γὰρ ἐν πολιορκίᾳ οὐκ ἐπὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ καὶ ἀπόκρημνα καὶ ἀσφαλῆ τοῦ τείχουσ προσίασιν οἱ πολέμιοι, ἀλλ’ ᾗ ἂν ἀφύλακτόν τι μέροσ ἢ σαθρὸν αἴσθωνται ἢ ταπεινόν, ἐπὶ τοῦτο πάσῃ] δυνάμει χωροῦσιν ὡσ ῥᾷστα παρεισδῦναι καὶ ἑλεῖν δυνάμενοι, οὕτω καὶ οἱ διαβάλλοντεσ ὃ τι ἂν ἀσθενὲσ ἴδωσι τῆσ ψυχῆσ καὶ ὑπόσαθρον καὶ εὐεπίβατον, τούτῳ προσβάλλουσι καὶ προσάγουσι τὰσ μηχανάσ, καὶ τέλοσ ἐκπολιορκοῦσι μηδενὸσ ἀντιταττομένου μηδὲ τὴν ἔφοδον αἰσθομένου. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 19:2)
  • ἡ δ̓ ἐπίτομοσ καὶ ῥᾷστα ἐπὶ τὴν δόξαν ἄγουσα ἥδε ἐστίν· (Lucian, Harmonides 5:3)
  • τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν δὲ εἰών ὡσ ῥᾷστα ὑποβαλέσθαι οἱο͂́ν τε καὶ τάχιστα, ὥσ γε ᾤμην, ἐνδεξόμενον τὸν χαλινὸν καὶ ὑπαχθησόμενον τῷ ζυγῷ. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 6:4)
  • τὰ δ’ ἡμέτερα πάνυ ῥᾷστα, ὡσ οἶσθα,, καὶ ἐσ μίμησιν πρόχειρα ‐ τὰ προφανῆ λέγω ‐ καὶ οὐ πολλῆσ τῆσ πραγματείασ δεῖ τριβώνιον περιβαλέσθαι καὶ πήραν ἐξαρτήσασθαι καὶ ξύλον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ ἔχειν καὶ βοᾶν, μᾶλλον δὲ ὀγκᾶσθαι ἢ ὑλακτεῖν, καὶ λοιδορεῖσθαι ἅπασιν· (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 14:1)
  • δῆλον γὰρ ὅτι καὶ πολεμίῳ ἀνδρὶ ὁ τοιοῦτοσ συμπλακεὶσ καταρρίψει τε θᾶττον ὑποσκελίσασ καὶ καταπεσὼν εἴσεται ὡσ ῥᾷστα ἐξανίστασθαι. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 24:9)

Synonyms

  1. easy

  2. easygoing

  3. better

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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