ῥᾴδιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ῥαίδῐος (rhaídĭos) — earlier Greek
ῥηΐδῐος (rhēḯdĭos) — Epic, Ionic
ῥῄδῐος (rhēídĭos)

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 • (rhāídĭos) 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 rhāídĭos	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱ rhāidĭ́ā	ῥᾴδῐον rhāídĭon	ῥᾳδῐ́ω rhāidĭ́ō	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱ rhāidĭ́ā	ῥᾳδῐ́ω rhāidĭ́ō	ῥᾴδῐοι rhāídĭoi	ῥᾴδῐαι rhāídĭai	ῥᾴδῐᾰ rhāídĭă
Genitive	ῥᾳδῐ́ου rhāidĭ́ou	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱς rhāidĭ́ās	ῥᾳδῐ́ου rhāidĭ́ou	ῥᾳδῐ́οιν rhāidĭ́oin	ῥᾳδῐ́αιν rhāidĭ́ain	ῥᾳδῐ́οιν rhāidĭ́oin	ῥᾳδῐ́ων rhāidĭ́ōn	ῥᾳδῐ́ων rhāidĭ́ōn	ῥᾳδῐ́ων rhāidĭ́ōn
Dative	ῥᾳδῐ́ῳ rhāidĭ́ōi	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾳ rhāidĭ́āi	ῥᾳδῐ́ῳ rhāidĭ́ōi	ῥᾳδῐ́οιν rhāidĭ́oin	ῥᾳδῐ́αιν rhāidĭ́ain	ῥᾳδῐ́οιν rhāidĭ́oin	ῥᾳδῐ́οις rhāidĭ́ois	ῥᾳδῐ́αις rhāidĭ́ais	ῥᾳδῐ́οις rhāidĭ́ois
Accusative	ῥᾴδῐον rhāídĭon	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱν rhāidĭ́ān	ῥᾴδῐον rhāídĭon	ῥᾳδῐ́ω rhāidĭ́ō	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱ rhāidĭ́ā	ῥᾳδῐ́ω rhāidĭ́ō	ῥᾳδῐ́ους rhāidĭ́ous	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱς rhāidĭ́ās	ῥᾴδῐᾰ rhāídĭă
Vocative	ῥᾴδῐε rhāídĭe	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱ rhāidĭ́ā	ῥᾴδῐον rhāídĭon	ῥᾳδῐ́ω rhāidĭ́ō	ῥᾳδῐ́ᾱ rhāidĭ́ā	ῥᾳδῐ́ω rhāidĭ́ō	ῥᾴδῐοι rhāídĭoi	ῥᾴδῐαι rhāídĭai	ῥᾴδῐᾰ rhāídĭă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ῥᾳδῐ́ως rhāidĭ́ōs			ῥᾴων / ῥᾳδῐώτερος rhāíōn / rhāidĭṓteros			ῥᾷστος rhāîstos
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^[1], volume 96, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved 27 May 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^[2], 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^[1], volume 96, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved 27 May 2023, pages 38–74

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