ἁπλοΐζομαι
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
English (LSJ)
(ἁπλοῦς)
A behave simply, deal frankly, πρὸς τοὺς φίλους X.Mem.4.2.18; to be simple in habits, D.C.65.7; to be reduced to simplicity, Dam.Pr.32.—Act. in same sense, Sch.Od.6.187.
German (Pape)
[Seite 293] dep. med., einfach, offen sein u. handeln, πρὸς τοὺς φίλους ἅπαντα, in allen Stücken, Xen. Mem. 4, 2, 18.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἁπλοΐζομαι: ἀποθ. (ἁπλοῦς): ― φέρομαι ἁπλῶς, φανερῶς, ἐλευθέρως, εἰλικρινῶς, πρὸς τοὺς φίλους Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 4. 2, 18· πρβλ. Δίωνα Κ. 65. 7. Τὸ ἐνεργ. ἐπὶ τῆς αυτῆς σημασίας, Σχόλ. εἰς Ὀδ. Ζ. 187.
French (Bailly abrégé)
seul. prés.
agir simplement ou franchement.
Étymologie: ἁπλοΐς.
Spanish (DGE)
• Morfología: [tard. act. Sch.Od.6.187]
1 de pers. ser sencillo o natural πρὸς τοὺς φίλους X.Mem.4.2.18, cf. Sch.Od.l.c.
•abs. ser de costumbres sencillas D.C.65.7.1.
2 reducirse a una unidad πάντα Dam.Pr.32.
