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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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