ῥᾴδιος

ῥᾴδιος (ῥαιδ- correctly in early texts, PCair.Zen.367.20 (iii B.C.), etc., later ῥαδ-, Diog.Oen.10, etc.), α, ον: [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. [full] ῥηΐδιος [ῐδ], η, ον, as always in Hom.; [full] ῥῄδιος, η, ον, Thgn.574,577 (v. infr. B):—Degrees of Comparison: ῥᾳδιώτερος is cited from Hyp. by Poll.5.107, perhaps by error for ῥᾳδιέστερος, which occurs in Hyp. Fr.86, Arist.Pr.870b37 (as Adv.), Plb.11.1.1, 16.20.4. Adv.

A

-έστατα Ph.Bel.96.33

:—but the form ῥᾴων, ῥᾷον is more common, Th.5.36, etc.; [dialect] Ion. ῥηΐων, ῥήϊον, (v. infr. B); [dialect] Ep.

ῥηΐτερος Il.18.258

, 24.243, etc.; [var] contr.

ῥῄτερος Thgn.1370

; [dialect] Dor.

ῥᾴτερος Pi.O.8.60

(ῥαΐτερον codd.); a form ῥᾴσσων in EM158.15: ῥᾳότερον, gloss on εὐπετέστερον, Erot.p.35 N.: [comp] Sup., [dialect] Att. ῥᾷστος, η, ον; [dialect] Dor.

ῥάϊστος Theoc.11.7

(Adv.); [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep.

ῥήϊστος Od.4.565

; [var] contr. ῥῇστος Timo 67.2 (Adv.); [dialect] Ep. ῥηΐτατος, v. infr. B. 111 fin.: (v. ῥᾶ, ῥέα, ῥεῖα):—easy, ready, and so easy to make or do, opp. χαλεπός (Arist.Rh.1363a23); ῥηΐδιόν τι ἔπος a word easy to understand and follow, Od.11.146, cf. h.Ap.534; οἶμος ῥηϊδίη an easy road, Hes.Op.292; ταχὺς γὰρ Ἅιδης ῥᾷστος ἀνδρὶ δυστυχεῖ, i. e. least painful, E.Hipp.1047: c. inf., τάφρος περῆσαι ῥηϊδίη easy to pass over, Il.12.54; ῥηΐτεροι πολεμίζειν ἦσαν Ἀχαιοί easier to fight with, 18.258; ῥηΐτεροι . . Ἀχαιοῖσιν ἐναιρέμεν easier for them to slay, 24.243;

οὐ ῥηΐδι' ἐστὶ θεῶν ἐρικυδέα δῶρα ἀνδράσι γε θνητοῖσι δαμήμεναι 20.265

; ῥᾴονι ἂν ἐχρώμεθα τῷ Φιλίππῳ we should have found P. easier to resist, D.1.9.

2 ῥᾴδιόν ἐστι it is easy, c. inf.,

ῥᾴδιον πόλιν σεῖσαι καὶ ἀφαυροτέροις Pi.P.4.272

;

τοῖς γὰρ δικαίοις ἀντέχειν οὐ ῥᾴδιον S.Fr.78

, cf. Ph.1395, Ar.Th.68, Th. 6.21, etc.: c. acc. et inf.,

τύραννον εὐσεβεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον S.Aj.1350

, cf. X.HG6.2.10; χαλεπὸν τὸ ποιεῖν, τὸ δὲ κελεῦσαι ῥ. Philem.27;

τὸ ἐπιτιμᾶν ῥ. καὶ παντὸς εἶναι D.1.16

;

ῥᾷον παραινεῖν ἢ παθόντα καρτερεῖν Men.Mon.471

, etc.: ῥᾷστοί εἰσιν ἀμύνεσθαι,= ῥᾴδιόν ἐστιν αὐτοὺς ἀμύνεσθαι, Th.4.10; ῥᾷσται ἐς τὸ βλάπτεσθαι (sc. αἱ νῆες) Id.7.67.

b also ῥᾴδιόν ἐστι it is a light matter, you think little of doing,

παρ' ὑμῖν ῥ. ξενοκτονεῖν E.Hec.1247

.

3 Adv. phrase, ἐκ ῥᾳδίας easily, Plot. 4.8.1.

II easy-going, adaptable,

ῥ. ἤθεα E.Hipp.1116

(lyr.); in bad sense, reckless, unscrupulous,

ῥ. τὸν τρόπον Luc.Merc.Cond.40

, cf. Alex.4; ῥ. τὼ ὀφθαλμώ having a roving eye, Alciphr.1.6; cf. B. 1.2, ῥᾳδιουργός.

2 ῥᾴων γενέσθαι to be easier, get better, of a sick person, Hp.Loc.Hom.34; ὡσπερεὶ ῥ. ἔσομαι shall feel easier, better, D.45.57;

ταῦτ' ἢν ποιῇς, ῥ. ἔσει Theopomp.Com.62

;

Εὐριπίδου μνήσθητι, καὶ ῥ. ἔσει Philippid.18

.

B Adv. ῥᾳδίως, [dialect] Aeol.

βραϊδίως Theoc.30.27

; [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. ῥηϊδίως, as always in Hom.;

ῥηδίως Herod.7.69

:—easily, readily, Il.4.390, al., Hes.Op.43, Hdt.9.2, etc.; in Trag. and [dialect] Att. freq. ῥᾳδίως φέρειν bear lightly or with equanimity, make light of a thing, E.Andr.744, etc.; ῥ. προσίσταται ib.232; ῥ. ἀπολείπειν to leave not unwillingly, Th. 1.2;

ῥᾳδίως ἀπαλλάττοιντο αὐτῶν Pl.Phd.63a

.

2 in bad sense, lightly, recklessly,

ῥ. περὶ μεγάλων βουλεύεσθαι Th.1.73

, cf. Pl.Lg.917b; ῥᾳδίως οὕτως in this easy, thoughtless way, Id.R.377b, 378a;

ῥ. τολμῶσι λέγειν Lys.19.49

.

3 of things, ταλάντου ῥᾳδίως ἄξιος easily, fully worth a talent, Is.8.35; οὐ ῥ. hardly, scarcely, Plu.Lyc.31, cf. 2.39b.

II [comp] Comp.,

ῥᾷον φέρειν Th.8.89

; ῥ. ὀμνύναι κἀπιορκεῖν ἢ ὁτιοῦν nothing so easy, D.54.39; [dialect] Ion.

ῥήϊον Hp.Int.12

; also ῥηϊτέρως, Id.Mul.1.1,26.

III [comp] Sup. ῥᾷστα, esp. in phrases,

ῥᾷστα φέρειν S.OT983

;

ὡς ῥᾷστα φέρειν A.Pr.104

, E.Hel.254, cf. Supp.954, etc.;

ῥ. τε καὶ ἥδιστα βιοτεύειν X.Mem.2.1.9

; later,

ἐκ τοῦ ῥᾴστου D.H. Comp.25

, Plu.Fab.11: [dialect] Ep.

ῥηΐτατα Od.19.577

.