LOGOI

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ῥᾶ

ra1

easily

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What it meant — LSJ

easily

easily, Alcm. 42, S. Fr. 1086, Ion Trag. 66. [Codd. vary between ῥᾶ and ῥᾴ; only ῥᾴ (ῥάι) seems to be admitted by A.D. Adv. 156.8, Eust. 163.20, but ῥᾶ is prob. correct Attic and Dor. for *ῥᾱᾰ whence Ep. *ῥῆα (written ῥεῖα in Hom. but ῥήα in Alc. Supp. 12.7), later Ion. ῥέα (q.v.); cf. Aeol. βρᾷ.]

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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