A.without toil or trouble, “βίος” Simon.36; “χάρμα” Pi.O.10 (II).22; “οἶκος” A.Pers.862 (lyr.); “τύχη” S.OC1585; “ἄ. ὕπνον εὕδεις” Eranos13.87; “ἀπονώτατος τῶν θανάτων” easiest, Pl.Ti.81e; ἄ. τινι χάρις costing one no trouble, And.2.22; “ἄ. τὸ εὖ πάσχειν” Arist.EN1168a24; -ώτερον τὸ ὀξύ, in playing the flute, Thphr.Fr.89.6; opp. μετὰ βίας, Arist.PA668b19.
b. painless, “τοξικόν” Str.3.4.18.
2. of persons, work-shy, lazy, “μαλακὸς καὶ ἄ.” X.HG3.4.19; “ἄ. πρός τι” Pl.R.556b; of the heaven, free from the necessity of labour, Arist.Cael.284a15.
3. relieving pain, Id.CD2.12.
II. Adv.“-νως” Hdt.9.2; ἀπόνως ἔχειν feel easy, of a sick person, Hp.Prog.23(but with v.l. ἀποβήσσειν ἀ.); ἀπόνως λιπαροί, opp. ἐπιπόνως αὐχμηροί, X.Mem.2.1.31.
III. irreg. Comp. “ἀπονέστερος” Pi.O.2.68; regul. Comp. “-ώτερος” Hp.Art. 79, cf. supr. Adv., Comp. “-ώτερον” Th.1.11.