ῥᾳστώνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ῥῃστώνη (rhēistṓnē) – Ionic
Etymology
From ῥᾷστος (rhâistos, “easy, ready”) + -ώνη (-ṓnē, feminine patronymic suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥aːi̯s.tɔ̌ː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /rasˈto.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /rasˈto.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /rasˈto.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /rasˈto.ni/
Noun
ῥᾳστώνη • (rhāistṓnē) f (genitive ῥᾳστώνης); first declension
- easiness of doing anything
- easiness of temper, good nature, mildness
- relief from anything unpleasant
- rest, leasure, ease, recreation
- luxurious ease, indolence
- resting-time, season of calm and tranquillity
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ῥᾳστώνη; τῆς ῥᾳστώνης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ῥᾳστώνη hē rhāistṓnē | τὼ ῥᾳστώνᾱ tṑ rhāistṓnā | αἱ ῥᾳστῶναι hai rhāistônai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ῥᾳστώνης tês rhāistṓnēs | τοῖν ῥᾳστώναιν toîn rhāistṓnain | τῶν ῥᾳστωνῶν tôn rhāistōnôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ῥᾳστώνῃ têi rhāistṓnēi | τοῖν ῥᾳστώναιν toîn rhāistṓnain | ταῖς ῥᾳστώναις taîs rhāistṓnais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ῥᾳστώνην tḕn rhāistṓnēn | τὼ ῥᾳστώνᾱ tṑ rhāistṓnā | τᾱ̀ς ῥᾳστώνᾱς tā̀s rhāistṓnās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῥᾳστώνη rhāistṓnē | ῥᾳστώνᾱ rhāistṓnā | ῥᾳστῶναι rhāistônai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ῥᾳστώνευσῐς (rhāistṓneusis)
- ῥᾳστωνεύω (rhāistōneúō)
- ῥᾳστωνέω (rhāistōnéō)
Further reading
- “ῥᾳστώνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ῥᾳστώνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ῥᾳστώνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette