Ῥᾳδιουργεῖν

to take things easy, to play the rogue

Translated by David Whitehead20 Jan 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

3 words

[Meaning] to deceive.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥᾳδιουργεῖν· ἀπατᾶν.

Betacode

*(ra|diourgei=n: a)pata=n.

Notes

cf. rho 20 (and under sigma 1680).
This present infinitive may or may not be extracted from somewhere; if it is, possibilities include Xenophon, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Plutarch, and later writers.

Linked from1 entry

ρ20Ῥᾳδιουργόςeasy-operator[Meaning a] forger; also a ne'er-do-well plain and simple. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] 'easy-operating', [meaning] an insouciance toward everything, and opportunism, and boldness. But Xenophon also used the…

Neighbouring entries

ρ17ῬαδηνόςRhadene ρ18Ῥᾴδιονeasy ρ19Ῥᾳδιουργεῖνto take things easy, to play the rogue ρ20Ῥᾳδιουργόςeasy-operator ρ21Ῥαζεῖνto growl, to snarl

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24 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
23 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
21 Jan 2010expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
20 Jan 2010expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
20 Jan 2010Translated — David Whitehead