ῥᾴθυμος

See also: ράθυμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥᾶ (rhâ, “easily”) +‎ θῡμός (thūmós, “soul, heart”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥áːi̯.tʰyː.mos/ → /ˈra.θy.mos/ → /ˈra.θi.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥áːi̯.tʰyː.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈra.tʰy.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈra.θy.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈra.θy.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈra.θi.mos/

Adjective

ῥᾴθῡμος • (rhā́ithūmos) m or f (neuter ῥᾴθῡμον); second declension

1. lighthearted, easy-tempered, frivolous, careless
2. (mostly in bad sense) indifferent, taking things easy
3. (of things) carefree, easy, without worries

Declension

Second declension of ῥᾴθῡμος; ῥᾴθῡμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῥᾴθῡμος rhā́ithūmos	ῥᾴθῡμον rhā́ithūmon		ῥᾳθῡ́μω rhāithū́mō	ῥᾳθῡ́μω rhāithū́mō		ῥᾴθῡμοι rhā́ithūmoi	ῥᾴθῡμᾰ rhā́ithūma
Genitive		ῥᾳθῡ́μου rhāithū́mou	ῥᾳθῡ́μου rhāithū́mou		ῥᾳθῡ́μοιν rhāithū́moin	ῥᾳθῡ́μοιν rhāithū́moin		ῥᾳθῡ́μων rhāithū́mōn	ῥᾳθῡ́μων rhāithū́mōn
Dative		ῥᾳθῡ́μῳ rhāithū́mōi	ῥᾳθῡ́μῳ rhāithū́mōi		ῥᾳθῡ́μοιν rhāithū́moin	ῥᾳθῡ́μοιν rhāithū́moin		ῥᾳθῡ́μοις rhāithū́mois	ῥᾳθῡ́μοις rhāithū́mois
Accusative		ῥᾴθῡμον rhā́ithūmon	ῥᾴθῡμον rhā́ithūmon		ῥᾳθῡ́μω rhāithū́mō	ῥᾳθῡ́μω rhāithū́mō		ῥᾳθῡ́μους rhāithū́mous	ῥᾴθῡμᾰ rhā́ithūma
Vocative		ῥᾴθῡμε rhā́ithūme	ῥᾴθῡμον rhā́ithūmon		ῥᾳθῡ́μω rhāithū́mō	ῥᾳθῡ́μω rhāithū́mō		ῥᾴθῡμοι rhā́ithūmoi	ῥᾴθῡμᾰ rhā́ithūma
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ῥᾳθῡ́μως rhāithū́mōs			ῥᾳθῡμότερος rhāithūmóteros			ῥᾳθῡμότᾰτος rhāithūmótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῥᾳθῡμέω (rhāithūméō)
• ῥᾳθῡμητέον (rhāithūmētéon)
• ῥᾳθῡμῐ́ᾱ (rhāithūmíā)
• ῥᾴθῡμως (rhā́ithūmōs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: ράθυμος (ráthymos)

Further reading

• “ῥᾴθυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥᾴθυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ῥᾴθυμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette