The corpus record

ῥεῖα

reia

easily, lightly

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Where it lives

Works and Days 5 · 8.67/10k
Theogony 4 · 5.81/10k
Iliad 24 · 2.15/10k
Odyssey 13 · 1.5/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

easily, lightly, at ease, lightly, pleasantly, easily, deftly

easily, lightly, freq. in Hom. (v. infr.) and Hes. (Op. 6, al., but ῥέα ib. 5); θεοὶ ῥεῖα ζώοντες the gods who live at ease, Il. 6.138, Od. 4.805; τούτοισιν μὲν ταῦτα μέλει, κίθαρις καὶ ἀοιδή, ῥεῖα lightly, pleasantly, 1.160; strengthd. ῥεῖα μάλʼ Il. 3.381, 15.362, etc.; ὡς ῥεῖα κυβιστᾷ easily, deftly, 16.745, cf. 749.

In the wild

ῥεῖα · rheia Theogony 240–262
ῥεῖα · rheia Theogony 418–420
ῥεῖα · rheia Theogony 437–438
ῥεῖα · rheia Theogony 440–443
ῥεῖα · rheia Works and Days 325–326
ῥεῖα · rheia Works and Days 379

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ῥεῖα (scan p. 1331; entry #5302).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ῥεῖα (scan p. 989; entry #6953).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ῥεῖα (scan p. 1620; entry #4963).

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