Ῥεῖα
easily
Translated by Ioannis Doukas15 Oct 2007Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥεῖα· ῥᾳδίως, εὐκόλως, εὐμαρῶς, ἰσχυρῶς. Ὅμηρος· ῥεῖ' ἔγνων ἀπιόντος. καὶ Ῥεῖον, εὐχερές, εὔκολον.
Betacode
*(rei=a: r(a|di/ws, eu)ko/lws, eu)marw=s, i)sxurw=s. *(/omhros: r(ei=' e)/gnwn a)pio/ntos. kai\ *(rei=on, eu)xere/s, eu)/kolon.
Notes (4)
- The headword is an epic adverb; a better spelling would be
r(h=a . The formr(e/a also occurs, often where a monosyllabic scansion is possible, perhaps representing an Aeolicr(a= which is also the Attic and Doric form. Grammarians citebra= (orbra=| ) as Aeolic -- that is,vra= .
Also rho 110; see similar entries in Photius and Hesychius; cf. Etymologicum Gudianum s.v. - 1cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.475, where the headword occurs. ↩
- 2Homer, Iliad 13.72 (web address 1). ↩
- 3The form
r(ei=on is attested only here, in fact. ↩ - 4cf. rho 40. ↩
References
P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque, ed. 2, Paris 2009
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- ρ40Ῥᾷονeasier, more easy, rather easy[Meaning something] simple, content. And [there is] a proverb: 'More easily than the Boeotians went over Oreion' [This is said] in reference to those who go over boundaries [horoi] and moderation; for Oreion is a…
- ρ110Ῥεῖα ζώοντεςliving at ease[Meaning they who are living] without labour, and without toil.
- ρ127Ῥηΐδιονready[Meaning] easy. Also [sc. attested is the related adverb] r(hi+di/ws ["readily"].
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- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
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- expanded note — Catharine Roth
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- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas