ῥᾴδιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ῥαίδῐος (rhaídios) — earlier Greek
ῥηΐδῐος (rhēḯdios) — Epic, Ionic
ῥῄδῐος (rhḗidios)

Etymology

From *wrāhi-, whence also ῥᾶ (rhâ, “easily”), of undetermined etymology followed by a suffixed *-gʷy-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (“force”) (whence also βία (bía, “violence, force”)).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥áːi̯.di.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈra.di.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ði.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ði.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ði.os/

Adjective

ῥᾴδῐος • (rhā́idios) m (feminine ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱ, neuter ῥᾴδῐον); first/second declension

easy, easy to understand, easy to do
easygoing, adaptable
1. reckless, unscrupulous
2. better (i.e. get better from sickness)

Declension

First and second declension of ῥᾴδῐος; ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱ; ῥᾴδῐον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῥᾴδῐος rhā́idios	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱ rhāidíā	ῥᾴδῐον rhā́idion	ῥᾳδῐ́ω rhāidíō	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱ rhāidíā	ῥᾳδῐ́ω rhāidíō	ῥᾴδῐοι rhā́idioi	ῥᾴδῐαι rhā́idiai	ῥᾴδῐᾰ rhā́idia
Genitive	ῥᾳδῐ́ου rhāidíou	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱς rhāidíās	ῥᾳδῐ́ου rhāidíou	ῥᾳδῐ́οιν rhāidíoin	ῥᾳδῐ́αιν rhāidíain	ῥᾳδῐ́οιν rhāidíoin	ῥᾳδῐ́ων rhāidíōn	ῥᾳδῐ́ων rhāidíōn	ῥᾳδῐ́ων rhāidíōn
Dative	ῥᾳδῐ́ῳ rhāidíōi	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾳ rhāidíāi	ῥᾳδῐ́ῳ rhāidíōi	ῥᾳδῐ́οιν rhāidíoin	ῥᾳδῐ́αιν rhāidíain	ῥᾳδῐ́οιν rhāidíoin	ῥᾳδῐ́οις rhāidíois	ῥᾳδῐ́αις rhāidíais	ῥᾳδῐ́οις rhāidíois
Accusative	ῥᾴδῐον rhā́idion	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱν rhāidíān	ῥᾴδῐον rhā́idion	ῥᾳδῐ́ω rhāidíō	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱ rhāidíā	ῥᾳδῐ́ω rhāidíō	ῥᾳδῐ́ους rhāidíous	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱς rhāidíās	ῥᾴδῐᾰ rhā́idia
Vocative	ῥᾴδῐε rhā́idie	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱ rhāidíā	ῥᾴδῐον rhā́idion	ῥᾳδῐ́ω rhāidíō	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱ rhāidíā	ῥᾳδῐ́ω rhāidíō	ῥᾴδῐοι rhā́idioi	ῥᾴδῐαι rhā́idiai	ῥᾴδῐᾰ rhā́idia
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ῥᾳδῐ́ως rhāidíōs			ῥᾴων / ῥᾳδῐώτερος rhā́iōn / rhāidiṓteros			ῥᾷστος rhâistos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

χαλεπός (khalepós, “difficult”)

Derived terms

ἐκ ῥᾳδίας (ek rhāidías, “easily”)

References

^ Van Beek, Lucien (2020) “Greek ἀΐδιος, μινυνθάδιος, ῥηΐδιος: Etymology, phraseology, and labiovelar palatalization”, in Glotta‎, volume 96, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved May 27, 2023, pages 38–74

“ῥᾴδιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ῥᾴδιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ῥᾴδιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“ῥᾴδιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accommodating idem, page 6.
- affable idem, page 15.
- amiable idem, page 27.
- bland idem, page 81.
- complacent idem, page 151.
- condescendlng idem, page 157.
- convenient idem, page 173.
- courteous idem, page 179.
- easy idem, page 260.
- elementary idem, page 265.
- facile idem, page 300.
- familiar idem, page 305.
- genial idem, page 356.
- good-natured idem, page 367.
- light idem, page 490.
- obliging idem, page 565.
- open idem, page 574.
- pacific idem, page 588.
- polite idem, page 625.
- ready idem, page 675.
- rudimentary idem, page 724.
- smooth idem, page 788.
- sociable idem, page 790.
- suave idem, page 830.

[Van_Beek_2020_pp._38–74-1] Van Beek, Lucien (2020) “Greek ἀΐδιος, μινυνθάδιος, ῥηΐδιος: Etymology, phraseology, and labiovelar palatalization”, in Glotta‎, volume 96, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved May 27, 2023, pages 38–74

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