ἁπλόος

ἁπλόος, η, ον, [var] contr. [full] ἁπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν, opp. διπλόος

A twofold, and so,

I single,

ἁπλῆ γὰρ οἶμος εἰς Ἁιδου φέρει A.Fr.239

, cf. X. Cyr.1.3.4 ([comp] 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.IT688

.

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. λόγῳ ib.46, Ar.Ach.1151; ἁ. λόγος the matter is simple, E.Hel.979; ἁ. διήγησις simple narrative (without dialogue), Pl.R.392d; οὐκ ἐς ἁπλοῦν φέρει leads to no simple issue, S.OT519;

ἁπλᾶ γε καὶ σαφῆ λέγω μαθεῖν Alex.240.7

;

οὐδὲν ἔχω ἁπλούστερον λέγειν X.Cyr.3.1.32

; of single-membered periods, 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.IA927

; 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. HA608b4 ([comp] Comp.), Rh.1367a37; in bad sense, simple, silly, Isoc.2.46;

λίαν γὰρ ἁπλοῦν τὸ νομίζειν . . Arist.Mete.339b34

.

III simple, opp. compound or mixed, 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 the positive adjective, Plu.2.412e, etc.

b ἁ. βιβλία rolls containing a single author, Id.Ant.58.

c of precious metals, unalloyed, pure, SIG901.9 (Delph., iv A. D.), PCair.67041.

d ἁ. ἐπίδεσμος, a kind of bandage, Hp.Off.7, etc.

2 absolute, sheer,

ἀκρασία Arist.EN1149a2

;

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] Comp.), cf. 1030a16.

IV Adv. ἁπλῶς, v. sub voc.

V [comp] Comp. and [comp] Sup. ἁπλούστερος, ἁπλούστατος, v. supr.; irreg. [comp] Sup.

ἁπλότατος AP6.185

(Zos.). (Cf. δι-πλόος; ἁ- = sṃ; -πλόος perh. identical with πλοῦς 'voyage', cf. Serb. jedan put '(one journey, hence) once'; transition from 'once' to 'simple' as in Lett. vienkars?ἁπλόοςXs 'simple' (cf. Lith. vienkart 'once').)