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|lshtext=<b>simplex</b>: ĭcis (abl., regul. simplici;<br /><b>I</b> simplice, Lucr. 1, 1013), adj. sim-; cf. Sanscr. sam, Gr. ἅμα, [[with]] Lat. [[sin]]-guli, [[semel]], sem-per; and [[plico]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., [[simple]], [[plain]], [[uncompounded]], [[unmixed]], = [[ἁπλοῦς]] (cf.: [[sincerus]], [[purus]]): aut [[simplex]] est [[natura]] animantis, ut vel terrena [[sit]], vel ignea, etc. ... aut concreta est ex pluribus naturis, Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 34: [[natura]] (opp. mixta, conexa, etc.), Lucr. 3, 231; Cic. N. D. 2, 11, 29; id. Sen. 21, 78: si unum ac [[simplex]] ([[genus]] inperii) probandum [[sit]], regium probem, id. Rep. 1, 35, 54; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 43: [[finis]] bonorum, qui [[simplex]] esse debet, ex dissimillimis rebus misceri et temperari potest, id. Off. 3, 33, 119: ([[comoedia]]) Duplex quae ex argumento facta'st simplici, Ter. Heaut. prol. 6: ([[auditus]]) [[iter]] [[simplex]] et directum (opp. flexuosum), Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144: [[simplex]] est manere, illud (in Hispaniam [[ire]]) [[anceps]], [[free]] from [[risk]], id. Att. 12, 7, 1: unum est et [[simplex]] aurium judicium, [[free]] from [[complication]], id. Font. 10, 22 (6, 12): necessitudines, [[unqualified]], [[absolute]], id. Inv. 2, 57, 171; cf.: [[simplex]] [[officium]] [[atque]] una est bonorum omnium [[causa]], id. Sull. 3, 9: [[nihil]] simplici in genere omnibus ex partibus perfectum [[natura]] expolivit, id. Inv. 2, 1, 3: res aperta ac [[simplex]], id. Caecin. 2, 5: [[ratio]] veritatis, id. de Or. 1, 53, 229; Quint. 8, 3, 87: [[decem]] regii lembi simplici ordine intrarunt urbem, i. e. one by one, Liv. 44, 12, 6; Tac. H. 5, 23; cf.: simplici directā acie, simplicibus ordinibus, [[single]], Auct. B. Alex. 37, 3 sq.: [[acies]], id. B. Afr. 13, 2: [[simplex]] [[acies]] media, cornibus [[duplex]], id. ib. 59, 2: simplici caule, Plin. 25, 7, 36, § 74: cum in eo ne simplici [[quidem]] genere mortis contenti inimici fuissent, i. e. not [[with]] his [[simple]] [[death]], [[but]] [[must]] [[have]] [[torture]], Liv. 40, 24, 8: qui necem suam per [[venenum]] inimicis promiserat, non gravius [[quam]] simplici morte puniit, Suet. Caes. 74: qui proculcari nepotem, [[quam]] simplici morte interfici maluit, Just. 44, 4, 4 al.: nec via mortis erat [[simplex]], [[they]] died in [[various]] ways, Verg. G. 3, 482; cf.: ne simplici [[quidem]] morte moriebantur, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. l. l. (H. 3, 25 Dietsch ad loc.): nec [[modus]] inserere [[atque]] oculos inponere [[simplex]], Verg. G. 2, 73: [[vulnus]], Ov. M. 6, 254: ([[tibia]]) [[tenuis]] simplexque foramine pauco, Hor. A. P. 203: simplici myrto [[nihil]] allabores, id. C. 1, 38, 5: [[esca]], id. S. 2, 2, 73: jus, id. ib. 2, 4, 64: [[cibus]], Plin. 11, 53, 117, § 282: [[aqua]], Ov. Am. 2, 6, 32; Tac. G. 23: arces dejecit [[plus]] [[vice]] simplici, [[more]] [[than]] [[once]], Hor. C. 4, 14, 13: verba, [[uncompounded]], Quint. 1, 5, 3: voces, id. 1, 5, 65; [[but]]: [[ornatus]] verborum [[duplex]], [[unus]] simplicium, [[alius]] conlocatorum, [[single]], Cic. Or. 24, 80; cf.: quaedam sunt in rebus simplicia, quaedam complicata, id. Fat. 13, 30.—Comp.: [[quantitas]] simplicior, Quint. 11, 3, 15.—Sup.: ex simplicissimā quāque materiā (opp. [[multiplex]]), Quint. 10, 5, 10: res, id. 10, 2, 10.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., [[simple]] in a [[moral]] [[sense]], [[without]] [[dissimulation]], [[open]], [[frank]], [[straightforward]], [[direct]], [[guileless]], [[artless]], [[honest]], [[sincere]], [[ingenuous]], etc. (cf. [[candidus]]).—Of persons: cum de viro bono quaeritur, quem [[apertum]] et simplicem volumus esse, non sunt in disputando vafri, non veteratores, non malitiosi, Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; id. Off. 1, 19, 63: simplicem et communem et consentientem ... eligi [[par]] est (opp. [[multiplex]] [[ingenium]] et tortuosum), id. Lael. 18, 65; id. Ac. 2, 35, 112: tuum hominis simplicis [[pectus]] vidimus, id. Phil. 2, 43, 111; Liv. 24, 10; Hor. S. 1, 3, 52; 2, 2, 68; id. C. 2, 8, 14; Ov. H. 12, 90; 16, 285: credebant simplices ac religiosi homines, Liv. 24, 10, 6.—Of things: [[fidelis]] et [[simplex]] et [[fautrix]] suorum [[regio]], Cic. Planc. 9, 22: [[animal]] [[sine]] fraude dolisque, Innocuum, [[simplex]], Ov. M. 15, 121: [[animus]], [[Matius]] ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8: [[nihil]] [[simplex]], [[nihil]] sincerum, Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2: [[virtus]], Vell. 2, 129, 1: verba, Suet. Tib. 61: cogitationes, Tac. G. 22.—Comp.: simplicior [[quis]], [[too]] [[straightforward]], [[too]] [[blunt]], Hor. S. 1, 3, 63.—Sup.: simplicissimi omnium habentur iracundi, Sen. Ira, 2, 16, 3: dux, Vell. 2, 116, 4: [[mens]], Petr. 101, 3.—Hence, adv.: simplĭcĭter (acc. to I.), [[simply]], [[plainly]], [[straightforwardly]], [[naturally]], [[directly]], [[utterly]], [[without]] [[reserve]], = [[ἁπλῶς]]: quorum (verborum) [[primum]] nobis [[ratio]] [[simpliciter]] videnda est, [[deinde]] conjuncte, Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 149: quaedam genera causarum [[simpliciter]] ex suā vi considerantur, id. Inv. 2, 33, 102: ipsa inventa exponentur [[simpliciter]] [[sine]] ullā exornatione, id. ib. 2, 3, 11: locuti sunt [[simpliciter]] et [[splendide]], id. de Or. 2, 16, 68: aut [[simpliciter]] quaeritur aut [[comparate]], id. Top. 22, 84: si est [[simpliciter]] breviterque dicendum, id. Off. 2, 9, 31; so ([[with]] [[breviter]]) id. Arch. 12, 32: illud [[nomen]] [[simpliciter]] positum, hoc ad aliquid esse, Quint. 1, 6, 13: frondes Simpliciter positae, [[scaena]] [[sine]] [[arte]] fuit, Ov. A. A. 1, 106; Tac. G. 5; cf. comp.: brevius ac simplicius tradi, Quint. 8, prooem. § 1: ignorare se dixit, [[quidnam]] perplexi sua [[legatio]] haberet, cum [[simpliciter]] ad amicitiam petendam venissent, [[simply]], [[purely]], [[only]], Liv. 34, 57, 6: [[quidam]] ludere eum [[simpliciter]], [[quidam]] [[haud]] [[dubie]] insanire, aiebant, [[merely]], [[only]], id. 41, 20, 4: Cyrenaica [[philosophia]], [[quam]] [[ille]] et ejus [[posteri]] [[simpliciter]] defenderunt, Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 62: in sententiā [[simpliciter]] e re publicā ferendā, id. Red. ad Quir. 10, 24 B. and K.—Comp.: molluscum simplicius sparsum, Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to II.) Plainly, [[openly]], [[frankly]], [[artlessly]], [[ingenuously]], [[uprightly]], [[honestly]], [[candidly]]: [[simpliciter]] et [[candide]], Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1: [[simpliciter]] scripserat quae sentiebat, Curt. 7, 2, 36: [[simpliciter]] et [[libere]] (opp. [[dissimulanter]] et [[furtim]]), Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 2: [[simpliciter]] et [[palam]] lusit, Suet. Aug. 71: me [[amice]] simpliciterque reprehenderent, Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 1: qui se [[simpliciter]] credunt amicis, id. ib. 6, 22, 1.—Comp.: simultates simplicius nutrire (opp. [[callide]]), Tac. H. 3, 53 fin.: quo simplicius [[tibi]] confitebor, Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 1; Quint. 1, 13, 2; Tac. H. 3, 53. —Sup.: simplicissime loqui, Tac. H. 1, 15 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the [[singular]] [[number]]: dicere, Hier. in Matt. 1, 2 fin.>
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>[[simplex]],⁹ ĭcis (sem, cf. [[semel]], et plex),<br /><b>1</b> simple : [[aut]] [[simplex]] [[est]] [[natura]] animantis... [[aut]] concreta [[est]] ex pluribus naturis Cic. Nat. 3, 34, ou la substance de l’[[animal]] [[est]] simple... ou elle [[est]] composée de [[plus]] d’une substance, de [[plus]] d’un élément, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 29 ; CM 78 ; Off. 3, 119 ; [[simplex]] [[officium]] Cic. [[Sulla]] 9 ; [[simplex]] [[judicium]] Cic. Font. 22, devoir, jugement simple = tout [[uni]], sans complication<br /><b>2</b> seul, isolé, un : verba simplicia, collocata Cic. Or. 80, mots isolés, groupés ; [[plus]] [[vice]] simplici Hor. O. 4, 14, 13, [[plus]] d’une fois ; simplici ordine Liv. 44, 12, 6, sur une file, un à un<br /><b>3</b> naturel, [[non]] artificiel : [[sonus]] [[vocis]] [[rectus]] et [[simplex]] Cic. de Or. 3, 45, ton (timbre) de la voix simple et naturel ; [[recta]] et simplicia Cic. Off. 1, 130, les choses simples et naturelles, cf. Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2<br /><b>4</b> [moral<sup>t</sup>] simple, sans détours, ingénu, naïf : Cic. Rep. 3, 26 ; Br. 196 ; Off. 1, 63 &#124;&#124; simplicior Hor. S. 1, 3, 63 ; Quint. 11, 3, 15 ; simplicissimus Quint. 10, 5, 10, etc.
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{{Georges
|georg=simplex, plicis (indogerm. sem, [[eins]], vgl. [[semel]] u. [[septemplex]]), aus einem Teile, Bestandteile, bestehend u. dgl., [[einfach]], griech. [[ἁπλοῦς]] (Ggstz. [[duplex]], [[triplex]], [[multiplex]], [[mixtus]] etc.), I) eig.: a) im Ggstz. zum Zusammengesetzten, Vermischten u. dgl., [[fistula]] (Ggstz. [[fistula]] [[duplex]], [[multiplex]]), Cels.: [[scansio]] [[simplex]] (Ggstz. [[scansio]] duplicata), [[Varro]] LL.: [[putamen]] loculosum [[aut]] [[simplex]], Plin.: [[tibia]] [[tenuis]] simplexque foramine pauco, Hor.: [[iter]] ([[auditus]]) s. et directum (Ggstz. flexuosum), Cic.: [[villus]] s. (Ggstz. crispiores iubae), Plin.: s. [[cursus]] venarum, Plin. – [[cortex]] [[multiplex]] tunicis, ut tiliae; quibusdam [[simplex]], ut fico, Plin. – s. [[natura]] animantis (Ggstz. concreta ex pluribus naturis), Cic.: u. so s. [[natura]] (Ggstz. mixta, conexa), Cic.: [[cibus]], Plin.: [[ius]], Hor.: [[aqua]], reines W., Ov.: verba, voces, einfache (Ggstz. verba composita, voces compositae), Quint.: Abl. simplici, [[auf]] einfache [[Weise]], Apic. 5, 204. – b) im Ggstz. zu dem in [[mehrere]] Abteilungen Zerfallenden, [[einfach]], [[ein]], [[acies]], Auct. b. Afr.: simplicibus ordinibus instructis, Auct. b. Alex.: simplici ordine urbem intrare, in [[einer]] [[Reihe]], Liv.: [[herba]] simplici caule, Plin. – c) im Ggstz. zu dem der [[Zahl]] [[nach]] aus [[mehr]] [[als]] [[einer]] [[Einheit]] Bestehenden, [[einfach]], [[ein]] [[einzig]], [[ein]], [[argumentum]], Ter.: [[plus]] [[vice]] simplici, [[mehr]] [[als]] [[einmal]], Hor.: [[non]] s. [[vulnus]], Ov. – II) übtr.: A) übh.: a) im Ggstz. zum Zusammengesetzten, Gemischten usw.: [[genus]] [[rei]] publicae (Ggstz. [[triplex]] u. conflatum ex omnibus), Cic.: simulacra (Ggstz. mixta), Quint.: [[causa]], Cic., Ggstz. coniuncta, perplexa, Quint. – b) im Ggstz. zum Besonderen usw.: [[genus]] mortis, einfache T. ([[ohne]] [[besondere]] Martern, [[wie]] [[Folter]], Kreuzigung), Liv.: so [[auch]] [[mors]], Sall. fr., Sen. u.a.: [[res]], einfache (= [[ohne]] [[besondere]] [[Schwierigkeit]]), Cic.: [[necessitudo]], unbedingte, Cic.: quaedam sunt in rebus simplicia ([[unbedingt]], [[unabhängig]]), quaedam copulata ([[bedingt]], [[abhängig]]), Cic. – [[simplex]] est manere (sc. filium), [[illud]] (sc. in Hispaniam [[ire]]) [[anceps]], [[ohne]] weitere [[Gefahr]], Cic. ad Att. 12, 7, 1. – c) im Ggstz. zum Verschiedenen od. Vielartigen: unum est et s. [[iudicium]] aurium, Cic.: s. [[officium]] [[atque]] [[una]] est bonorum omnium [[causa]], Cic.: [[quantitas]] simplicior, [[qualitas]] [[magis]] [[varia]] est, Quint.: facilius in iis simpliciusque [[iudicium]], [[quae]] etc., Quint.: [[materia]] simplicissima (Ggstz. [[multiplex]]), Quint. – d) im Ggstz. zum Verbundenen, [[einfach]] = [[einzeln]], verba (Ggstz. coniuncta), Cic. – e) im Ggstz. zum Gekünstelten, Gesuchten, Versteckten, [[einfach]], [[natürlich]], [[ratio]] veritatis, Cic.: [[res]] aperta et [[simplex]], Cic.: [[illa]] [[ἀφέλεια]] [[simplex]] et inaffectata, Quint.: rectae simplicesque [[manus]] (Hiebe), Ggstz. aversae tectaeque, Quint.: [[simplex]] ac nuda [[veritas]], Lact. – B) insbes., [[moralisch]] [[einfach]], [[schlicht]], [[gerade]], [[aufrichtig]], [[offen]] u. [[ehrlich]], [[ohne]] Falsch, na türlich, [[bieder]], [[arglos]], [[unbefangen]], [[harmlos]] (s. Nipperd. Tac. ann. 1, 69. Fritzsche Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 3, 52), a) v. leb. [[Wesen]] u. deren [[Gemüt]] usw.: [[vir]] [[apertus]] et s., Cic.: [[Naevius]], Hor.: [[cervus]], [[animal]], Plin.: [[regio]] (= incolae regionis), Cic.: [[animus]] [[apertus]] ac s., Cic.: [[tuus]] [[erga]] me [[animus]] s. [[atque]] [[amicus]], Mat. in Cic. ep. – simplicior [[quis]] est etc., Hor.: [[dux]] simplicissimus, Vell.: [[mens]] simplicissima, Plin. – b) v. Lebl.: ([[vir]]) simplici virtute, Vell.: verba, Suet.: cogitationes, Tac.: [[non]] [[enim]] simplices eae curae, Tac. – [[nihil]] [[simplex]], [[nihil]] sincerum, Cic. – / Abl. Sing. gew. simplicī, [[nur]] [[bei]] Dichtern im daktylischen [[Versmaß]] [[auch]] simplice, s. [[Neue]]-Wagener Formenl.<sup>3</sup> 2, 77.
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