ῥεῖα
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom ῥᾶ (rhâ), of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥êː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈri.a/
Adverb
editῥεῖα • (rheîa)
- (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.
- τῷ μὲν ἔπειτ’ ὀδύσαντο θεοὶ ῥεῖα ζώοντες, καί μιν τυφλὸν ἔθηκε Κρόνου πάϊς·
Further reading
edit- “ῥεῖα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ῥεῖα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011