A). -έστατα Ph. Bel. 96.33 :—but the form ῥᾴων, ῥᾷον is more common, Th. 5.36 , etc.; Ion. ῥηΐων, ῥήϊον, (v. infr. B); Ep. ῥηΐτερος Il. 18.258 , 24.243 , etc.; contr. ῥῄτερος Thgn. 1370 ; Dor. ῥᾴτερος Pi. O. 8.60 (ῥαΐτερον codd.); a form ῥᾴσσων in EM 158.15 : ῥᾳότερον, gloss on εὐπετέστερον , Erot. p.35 N.: Sup., Att. ῥᾷστος,; Dor. ῥάϊστος Theoc. 11.7 (Adv.); Ion. and Ep. ῥήϊστος Od. 4.565 ; contr. ῥῇστος Timo 67.2 (Adv.); Ep. ῥηΐτατος, v. infr. B. 111 fin.: (v. ῥᾶ, ῥέα, ῥεῖα):—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 ῥηΐδῑ ἐστὶ θεῶν ἐρικυδέα δῶρα ἀνδράσι γε θνητοῖσι δαμήμεναι 20.265 ; ῥᾴονι ἂν ἐχρώμεθα τῷ Φιλίππῳ we should have found P. easier to resist, D. 1.9 .

2). 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) Id. 7.67 .

b). also ῥᾴδιόν ἐστι it is a light matter, you think little of doing, παρ’ ὑμῖν ῥ. ξενοκτονεῖν E. Hec. 1247 .

3). Adv. phrase, ἐκ ῥᾳδίας easily, Plot. 4.8.1 .

II). 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. 1.2 , ῥᾳδιουργός.

2). 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 ; ταῦτ’ ἢν ποιῇς, ῥ. ἔσει Theopomp.Com. 62 ; Εὐριπίδου μνήσθητι, καὶ ῥ. ἔσει Philippid. 18 .

B). 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 .

2). 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 .

3). of things, ταλάντου ῥᾳδίως ἄξιος easily, fully worth a talent, Is. 8.35 ; οὐ ῥ. hardly, scarcely, Plu. Lyc. 31 , cf. 2.39b .

II). 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 .

III). 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 .