1. ῥέᾰ · rhea
easily, lightly
easily, lightly, Il. 5.304, 8.179, etc.; cf. ῥεῖα, ῥᾶ. [⏑⏑ or -, ll. cc.; but as one long syll. in 12.381, 13.144, Hes. Op. 5.]
The corpus record
ῥέα
rea
easily, lightly
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Where it lives
- Works and Days 2 · 3.47/10k
- Iliad 10 · 0.9/10k
What it meant — LSJ
2. Ῥέᾱ · Rhea
Rhea
Rhea, daughter of Uranos and Gaia, wife of Cronos, mother of Zeus and the gods, ll. cc. [Derived by Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.318 from ῥέω, because rivers flow from Earth.]
II
Pythag. name for 2, Anatolius ap.Theol.Ar. 12; also for 23 or 8, ib. 55.
3. ῥῆα · rhēa
In the wild
- ῥέα · rhea Works and Days 5–8
- ῥέα · rhea Works and Days 5–8
- ῥέα · rhea Iliad 12.381
- ῥέα · rhea Iliad 12.449
- ῥέα · rhea Iliad 12.58
- ῥέα · rhea Iliad 13.144
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Where it came from
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ῥέα (scan pp. 1618-1619; entry #4958). Root candidates: *sri-.