without a stone, even, smooth,
ἀφελ-ής,ές, (φελλεύς)
A. without a stone, even, smooth,
διὰ τῶν ἀφελῶν πεδίων
Ar. Eq. 527
.
II. artless, simple,of persons, S. Fr. 723 , D. Ep. 4.11 , Luc. DDeor. 4.3 ; εὔκολος καὶ ἀ.
Plu. Cat. Ma. 6
; ἀφελέστατοι τῶν πρότερον
Phylarch. 43
;frater
ἀφελέστατος
Cic. Att. 1.18.1
; ἀ. κατὰ τὴν ἐσθῆτα
Plb. 11.10.3
; also ἀ. ἐντεύξεις
Id. 18.49.4
;ἀ. ψυχή simple,in good sense, IG 14.1839 .Adv.
-λῶς, ἔχειν
Plb. 38.7.4
; μετρίως καὶ ἀ. οἰκεῖν
Plu. Pomp. 40
;naively,
Cic. QF 1.2.3 (prob.); πολλὰ ἀ. πιστεύσας ἀπώλεσεν
Vett.Val. 168.23
.
b. in bad sense,bold, brazen,
AP 5.41 ( Rufin. ).Adv. -λῶς, παίζουσαdub. l. in Thgn. 1211 ; κατηγορίαν ποιήσασθαι
Aristid. 2.116J.
2. Rhet.,simple, not intricateorinvolved,opp. ἐν κώλοις, περίοδος
Arist. Rh. 1409b16
: generally, of style,affecting simplicityorartlessness,
τὸ ἀ.
D.H. Comp. 22
; λέξις λιτὴ καὶ ἀ.
Id. Dem. 2
; φράσις ἰσχνὴ καὶ ἀ.
Id. Pomp. 2
; λέξις ἀ. καὶ ἄθρυπτος
Plu. Lyc. 21
; ἀφέλεια -εστέρα
Hermog. Id. 2.12
.Adv. -λῶς, γράφεινib. 10 .
