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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 γὰρ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ ῥᾷστοσ εἶ τῆσ ῥινὸσ ἕλκεσθαι, καὶ πιστεύεισ αὐτοῖσ ἅπαντα, ὅσ ποτε κἀκεῖνο ἐπείσθησ, ὡσ βασιλεῖ τινι ὡμοιώθησ τὴν ὄψιν, καθάπερ ὁ ψευδαλέξανδροσ καὶ ὁ ^ ψευδοφίλιπποσ ἐκεῖνοσ κναφεὺσ καὶ ὁ κατὰ τοὺσ προπάτορασ ἡμῶν ψευδονέρων καὶ εἴ τισ ἄλλοσ τῶν ὑπὸ τῷ ψευδο ^ τεταγμένων. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 20:3)
  • "εὔχυλοσ γὰρ καὶ εὐστόμαχοσ καὶ εὔπεπτοσ καὶ πρὸσ ἀνάδοσιν ῥᾷστοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 8314)
  • τό τε γὰρ χωρίον ἀπόρρυτον ἑκατέρωθεν, φάραγξ βαθεῖα καὶ σύσκιοσ, καὶ διὰ μέσου ποταμὸσ οὐ τραχύσ, ἀλλ’ ὡσ ῥᾷστοσ ἐμβῆναι καὶ βουσὶ καὶ μόσχοισ, τὸ δὲ ὕδωρ πολὺκαὶ καθαρόν, ἅτε τῆσ πηγῆσ ἐγγὺσ ἀναδιδούσησ, καὶ πνεῦμα τοῦ θέρουσ ἀεὶ διαπνέον διὰ τῆσ φάραγγοσ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 17:1)

Synonyms

  1. easy

  2. easygoing

  3. better

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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