ῥεῖα
hreia
easily, lightly
Appears 33 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ῥεῖα, Ep. for ῥέα, ῥᾶ (qq. v.), (sts. elided, Il. 15.356, Od. 17.273), Adv. of ῥᾴδιος, A. easily, lightly, freq. in (v. infr.) and (Op. 6, al., but ῥέα ib.5); θεοὶ ῥεῖα ζώοντες the gods who live at ease, Il. 6.138, Od. 4.805; τούτοισιν μὲν ταῦτα μέλει, κίθαρις καὶ ἀοιδή, ῥεῖα lightly, pleasantly, 1.160; strengthd. ῥεῖα μάλʼ Il. 3.381, 15.362, etc.; ὡς ῥεῖα κυβιστᾷ easily, deftly, 16.745, cf. 749.
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