A.“-έστατα” Ph.Bel.96.33:—but the form ῥᾴων, ῥᾷον is more common, Th.5.36, etc.; Ion. ῥηΐων, ῥήϊον, (v. infr. B); Ep. “ῥηΐτερος” Il.18.258, 24.243, etc.; contr. “ῥῄτερος” Thgn.1370; Dor. “ῥᾴτερος” Pi.O.8.60 (ῥαΐτερον codd.); a form ῥᾴσσων in EM158.15: ῥᾳότερον, gloss on εὐπετέστερον, Erot.p.35 N.: Sup., Att. ῥᾷστος, η, ον; Dor. “ῥάϊστος” Theoc.11.7 (Adv.); Ion. and Ep. “ῥήϊστος” Od.4.565; contr. ῥῇστος Timo 67.2 (Adv.); 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.
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, Aeol. “βραϊδίως” Theoc.30.27; Ep. and 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 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.
