Ῥεῖα ζώοντες

living at ease

Translated by David Whitehead22 Jan 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

10 words

[Meaning they who are living] without labour, and without toil.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥεῖα ζώοντες· ἀπόνως, καὶ ἀμόχθως.

Betacode

*(rei=a zw/ontes: a)po/nws, kai\ a)mo/xqws.

Notes

Participial phrase, in the nominative plural, used of the gods in Homer, Iliad 6.138 (web address 1). The entry is paralleled in other lexica and in a scholion on this verse.
For the adverb (or adjective used adverbially), see rho 109; for the participle, cf. zeta 149.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ρ109Ῥεῖαeasily[Meaning] lightly, readily, conveniently, forcefully. Homer [says]: "easily did I know as he left". Also [sc. attested is the singular] easy, [meaning something] manageable, light.

Neighbouring entries

ρ108Ῥεῖflows ρ109Ῥεῖαeasily ρ110Ῥεῖα ζώοντεςliving at ease ρ111Ῥειαμενῇin a watermeadow ρ112Ῥεῖθρονflow, stream

Revision history4 revisions · last 27 Oct 2013

27 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
24 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
24 Jan 2010tweaked tr — David Whitehead
23 Jan 2010added link, expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
22 Jan 2010Translated — David Whitehead