easy, ready, and so easy to make or do, opp. χαλεπός (Arist. Rh. 1363a23); ῥηΐδιόν τι ἔπος a word easy to understand and follow, Od. 11.146, cf. h.Ap. 534; οἶμος ῥηϊδίη an easy road, Hes. Op. 292; ταχὺς γὰρ Ἅιδης ῥᾷστος ἀνδρὶ δυστυχεῖ, i. e. least painful, E. Hipp. 1047: c. inf., τάφρος περῆσαι ῥηϊδίη easy to pass over, Il. 12.54; ῥηΐτεροι πολεμίζειν ἦσαν Ἀχαιοί easier to fight with, 18.258; ῥηΐτεροι . . Ἀχαιοῖσιν ἐναιρέμεν easier for them to slay, 24.243; οὐ ῥηΐδιʼ ἐστὶ θεῶν ἐρικυδέα δῶρα ἀνδρά
ῥᾴδιόν ἐστι it is easy, c. inf., ῥᾴδιον πόλιν σεῖσαι καὶ ἀφαυροτέροις Pi. P. 4.272; τοῖς γὰρ δικαίοις ἀντέχειν οὐ ῥᾴδιον S. Fr. 78, cf. Ph. 1395, Ar. Th. 68, Th. 6.21, etc.: c. acc. et inf., τύραννον εὐσεβεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον S. Aj. 1350, cf. X. HG 6.2.10; χαλεπὸν τὸ ποιεῖν, τὸ δὲ κελεῦσαι ῥ. Philem. 27; τὸ ἐπιτιμᾶν ῥ. καὶ παντὸς εἶναι D. 1.16; ῥᾷον παραινεῖν ἢ παθόντα καρτερεῖν Men. Mon. 471, etc.: ῥᾷστοί εἰσιν ἀμύνεσθαι,= ῥᾴδιόν ἐστιν αὐτοὺς ἀμύνεσθαι, Th. 4.10; ῥᾷσται ἐς τὸ βλάπτεσθαι (sc. αἱ νῆες)
also ῥᾴδιόν ἐστι it is a light matter, you think little of doing, παρʼ ὑμῖν ῥ. ξενοκτονεῖν E. Hec. 1247.
Adv. phrase, ἐκ ῥᾳδίας easily, Plot. 4.8.1.
easy-going, adaptable, ῥ. ἤθεα E. Hipp. 1116 (lyr.); in bad sense, reckless, unscrupulous, ῥ. τὸν τρόπον Luc. Merc.Cond. 40, cf. Alex. 4; ῥ. τὼ ὀφθαλμώ having a roving eye, Alciphr. 1.6; cf. B. I.2, ῥᾳδιουργός.
ῥᾴων γενέσθαι to be easier, get better, of a sick person, Hp. Loc.Hom. 34; ὡσπερεὶ ῥ. ἔσομαι shall feel easier, better, D. 45.57; ταῦτʼ ἢν ποιῇς, ῥ. ἔσει Theopomp.Com. 62; Εὐριπίδου μνήσθητι, καὶ ῥ. ἔσει Philippid. 18.
Adv. ῥᾳδίως, Aeol. βραϊδίως Theoc. 30.27; Ep. and Ion. ῥηϊδίως, as always in Hom.; ῥηδίως Herod. 7.69:—easily, readily, Il. 4.390, al., Hes. Op. 43, Hdt. 9.2, etc.; in Trag. and Att. freq. ῥᾳδίως φέρειν bear lightly or with equanimity, make light of a thing, E. Andr. 744, etc.; ῥ. προσίσταται ib. 232; ῥ. ἀπολείπειν to leave not unwillingly, Th. 1.2; ῥᾳδίως ἀπαλλάττοιντο αὐτῶν Pl. Phd. 63a.
in bad sense, lightly, recklessly, ῥ. περὶ μεγάλων βουλεύεσθαι Th. 1.73, cf. Pl. Lg. 917b; ῥᾳδίως οὕτως in this easy, thoughtless way, Id. R. 377b, 378a; ῥ. τολμῶσι λέγειν Lys. 19.49.
of things, ταλάντου ῥᾳδίως ἄξιος easily, fully worth a talent, Is. 8.35; οὐ ῥ. hardly, scarcely, Plu. Lyc. 31, cf. Aud. 2.39b.
Comp., ῥᾷον φέρειν Th. 8.89; ῥ. ὀμνύναι κἀπιορκεῖν ἢ ὁτιοῦν nothing so easy, D. 54.39; Ion. ῥήϊον Hp. Int. 12; also ῥηϊτέρως, Id. Mul. 1.1, 26.
Sup. ῥᾷστα, esp. in phrases, ῥᾷστα φέρειν S. OT 983; ὡς ῥᾷστα φέρειν A. Pr. 104, E. Hel. 254, cf. Supp. 954, etc.; ῥ. τε καὶ ἥδιστα βιοτεύειν X. Mem. 2.1.9; later, ἐκ τοῦ ῥᾴστου D.H. Comp. 25, Plu. Fab. 11: Ep. ῥηΐτατα Od. 19.577.