ῥεῖα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βρᾶ (brâ) — Aeolic
• ῥᾶ (rhâ), ῥέα (rhéa)
• ῥῆα (rhêa) — Epic

Etymology

From ῥᾶ (rhâ), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥êː.a/ → /ˈri.a/ → /ˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥êː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈri.a/

Adverb

ῥεῖα • (rheîa)

1. (Epic) easily, lightly
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.138 :

     τῷ μὲν ἔπειτ’ ὀδύσαντο θεοὶ ῥεῖα ζώοντες, καί μιν τυφλὸν ἔθηκε Κρόνου πάϊς·

     tôi mèn épeit’ odúsanto theoì rheîa zṓontes, kaí min tuphlòn éthēke Krónou páïs;

     • Translation by Theodore Alois Buckley

       With him the peaceful-living gods were afterwards enraged, and the son of Saturn rendered him blind.

Further reading

• “ῥεῖα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ῥεῖα - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.