Included with: ἁπλόος, η, ον,
contraction ἁπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν, opposed to διπλόος twofold, and so,
__I single, ἁπλῆ γὰρ οἶμος εἰς Ἁιδου φέρει[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 239, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.4 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁπλῷ τείχει περιτειχίζειν[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.18; δὶς τόσ᾽ ἐξ ἁπλῶν κακά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 277; ὅπως ἂν ἡ χάρις ἐξ ἁπλῆς διπλῆ φανῇ [prev. author] “Tr.” 619; ἁπλᾶς δὲ λύπας ἐξὸν οὐκ οἴσω διπλᾶς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 688. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.b ἁπλαῖ (i.e. κρηπῖδες), αἱ, single-soled shoes, [[ 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 24, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.34. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II simple, plain, straightforward, κελεύθοις ἁπλόαις ζωᾶς[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.36; ἁ. ὁ μῦθος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 554; ἁ. λόγῳ [prev. author] “Pr.” 610, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἁ. λόγῳ[[ [prev. work] 46, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1151] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁ. λόγος the matter is simple, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 979] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁ. διήγησις simple narrative (without dialogue), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 392d] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐς ἁπλοῦν φέρει leads to no simple issue, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 519; ἁπλᾶ γε καὶ σαφῆ λέγω μαθεῖν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 240.7; οὐδὲν ἔχω ἁπλούστερον λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of single-membered periods, [[ 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 17, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of habits, ἁπλούστατος βίος[[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.10.5; νόμοι λίαν ἁ. καὶ βαρβαρικοί 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1268b39; ἁπλοῦν ἦν.. ἀποθανεῖν ] Refs 4th c.BC+]a plain course, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 14. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]