ῥᾳστώνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῥῃστώνη (rhēistṓnē) — Ionic

Etymology

From ῥᾷστος (rhâistos, “easy, ready”) +‎ -ώνη (-ṓnē, feminine patronymic suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥aːi̯s.tɔ̌ː.nɛː/ → /rasˈto.ni/ → /rasˈto.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥aːi̯s.tɔ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /rasˈto.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /rasˈto.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /rasˈto.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /rasˈto.ni/

Noun

ῥᾳστώνη • (rhāistṓnē) f (genitive ῥᾳστώνης); first declension

1. easiness of doing anything
2. easiness of temper, good nature, mildness
3. relief from anything unpleasant
4. rest, leisure, ease, recreation
5. luxurious ease, indolence
6. resting-time, season of calm and tranquillity

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῥᾳστώνη; τῆς ῥᾳστώνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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