ῥᾴδιος ῥᾴδιος, α, ον easy, ready, easy to make or do, opp. to χαλεπός, Hom., etc.; ῥηίδιόν τοι ἔπος a word easy for thee to understand, Od.:—c. inf., τάφρος ῥηιδίη περῆσαι easy to pass over, Il.; ῥηίτεροι πολεμίζειν easier to fight with, Il. ῥᾴδιόν ἐστι it is easy to do a thing, c. inf., Pind., Thuc.; c. acc. et inf., τύραννον εὐσεβεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον Soph.; also, ῥᾷστοί εἰσιν ἀμύνεσθαι ῥᾴδιόν ἐστιν αὐτοὺς ἀμύνεσθαι, Thuc. also, ῥᾴδιόν ἐστι it is a light matter, you think little of doing, παρʼ ὑμῖν ῥ. ξενοκτονεῖν Eur. of persons, easy, complaisant, Lat. facilis, commodus, Dem.:—in bad sense, reckless, Luc. adv. ῥᾳδίως, Epic and Ionic ῥηιδίως, easily, lightly, readily, willingly, Hom., etc.; ῥᾳδίως φέρειν to bear lightly, make light of a thing, Eur., etc. in bad sense, lightly, recklessly, rashly, Thuc.; ῥᾳδίως οὕτω in this easy, thoughtless way, Plat. comp., ῥᾷον φέρειν Thuc. Sup. ῥᾷστα, esp. in phrases, ῥᾷστα φέρειν Soph.; ὡς ῥᾷστα φέρειν Aesch.