ῥᾱθῡμ-έω,
leave off work, take holiday, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.20.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 26. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2 mostly in bad sense, to be remiss, be idle, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.9, “Phib.” 1.46.12 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥ. ἐπί τινι [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.270; περί τινος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.49.9; τὰ περὶ τὰς φυλακάς 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.18; περὶ τὴν φυλακήν [prev. author] 14.88. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 transitive, neglect, ἀμπεχόνη οὐκ ἐρραθυμημένη [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 11.154, compare 60.5, “Descr.” 29.4. [Freq. written ῥᾳθ- in codices, but ῥαθ- correctly in “PCair.Zen.” 57.6 (3rd c.BC), “PHib.” [same place], 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.24 O.; καταρ (ρ) αθ- “PCair.Zen.” 408.11 (3rd c.BC), “PHib.” 1.44.4 (3rd c.BC).] ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]