ἀφελής

English (LSJ)

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, IG14.1839. 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, AP5.41 (Rufin.). Adv. -λῶς, παίζουσα dub. l. in Thgn.1211; κατηγορίαν ποιήσασθαι Aristid.2.116J.    2 Rhet., simple, not intricate or involved, opp. ἐν κώλοις, περίοδος Arist. Rh.1409b16: generally, of style, affecting simplicity or artlessness, 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, γράφειν ib.10.