twofold,
ἁπλόος,η,ον, contr.
ἁπλοῦς,ῆ,οῦν, opp.διπλόος
A. twofold,and so,
I. single,
ἁπλῆ γὰρ οἶμος εἰς Ἅιδου φέρει
A. Fr. 239
, cf. X. Cyr. 1.3.4 ( Comp. ); ἁπλῷ τείχει περιτειχίζειν
Th. 3.18
; δὶς τός' ἐξ ἁπλῶν κακά
S. Aj. 277
; ὅπως ἂν ἡ χάρις ἐξ ἁπλῆς διπλῆ φανῇ
Id. Tr. 619
; ἁπλᾶς δὲ λύπας ἐξὸν οὐκ οἴσω διπλᾶς
E. IT 688
.
b. ἁπλαῖ(sc.κρηπῖδες),αἱ,single-soled shoes,
Stratt. 24 , D. 54.34 .
II. simple, plain, straightforward,
κελεύθοις ἁπλόαις ζωᾶς
Pi. N. 8.36
; ἁ. ὁ μῦθος
A. Ch. 554
; ἁ. λόγῳ
Id. Pr. 610
,al.;ὡς ἁ. λόγῳib. 46 , Ar. Ach. 1151 ;ἁ. λόγοςthe matter issimple,
E. Hel. 979 ;ἁ. διήγησις simplenarrative (without dialogue), Pl. R. 392d ;οὐκ ἐς ἁπλοῦν φέρειleads to nosimple issue,
S. OT 519 ; ἁπλᾶ γε καὶ σαφῆ λέγω μαθεῖν
Alex. 240.7
; οὐδὲν ἔχω ἁπλούστερον λέγειν
X. Cyr. 3.1.32
; ofsingle-memberedperiods, Demetr. Eloc. 17 , etc.; of habits, ἁπλούστατος βίος
Plb. 9.10.5
; νόμοι λίαν ἁ. καὶ βαρβαρικοί
Arist. Pol. 1268b39
; ἁπλοῦν ἦν . . ἀποθανεῖν a plain course,
Men. 14
.
b. of persons, or their words, thoughts, and acts,simple, open, frank,
ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστι τῆς ἀληθείας ἔπη
A. Fr. 176
; ἁ. καὶ γενναῖος
Pl. R. 361b
, etc.; ἁ. τρόποι
E. IA 927
; opp.δόλος,
Ar. Pl. 1158 ; πρὸς τοὺς φίλους ὡς ἁπλούστατον εἶναι
X. Mem. 4.2.16
.
c. simple-minded,
ὁ κριτὴς ὑπόκειται εἶναι ἁ.
Arist. Rh. 1357a12
, cf. HA 608b4 ( Comp. ), Rh. 1367a37 ; in bad sense, simple, silly,
Isoc. 2.46 ; λίαν γὰρ ἁπλοῦν τὸ νομίζειν . .
Arist. Mete. 339b34
.
III. simple,opp.compoundormixed,
Pl. R. 547e , etc.; opp.μεμιγμένος, κεκραμένος,
Arist. Metaph. 989b17 , Sens. 447a18 ; ἁ. χρώματα
Id. Col. 791a1
;ἁ. ὀνόματα,opp.διπλᾶ,
Id. Po. 1457a31 ; also of nouns,without the article,
A.D. Synt. 98.17 , al.; of thepositiveadjective, Plu. 2.412e , etc.
b. ἁ. βιβλίαrollscontaining a single author,
Id. Ant. 58 .
c. of precious metals,unalloyed, pure, SIG 901.9 (Delph.,iv A. D.), PCair. 67041 .
d. ἁ. ἐπίδεσμος,a kind ofbandage,
Hp. Off. 7 , etc.
2. absolute, sheer,
ἀκρασία
Arist. EN 1149a2
; συμφορά
Lys. 24.8
, etc.
3. simple, unqualified(cf. ἁπλῶς
11.3
), οὐ πάνυ μοι δοκεῖ . . οὕτως ἁπλοῦν εἶναι ὥστε . .
Pl. Prt. 331b
, cf. Smp. 206a , Tht. 188d , al.
4. general,opp.ἀκριβής,
Arist. Metaph. 1025b7 ( Comp. ), cf. 1030a16 .
IV. Adv. ἁπλῶς, v.sub voc.
V.
Comp. and Sup.
ἁπλούστερος, ἁπλούστατος, v.supr.; irreg. Sup.
ἁπλότατος
AP 6.185
( Zos. ). (Cf.δι-πλόος; ἁ- = sṃ; -πλόοςperh. identical withπλοῦς'voyage', cf. Serb.jedan put'(one journey,hence)once';transition from 'once' to 'simple' as in Lett.vienkars^s'simple' (cf. Lith.vienkart'once').)
