ἁπλῶς
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
Adv. of ἁπλοῦς,
A singly, in one way, μένειν ἁ. ἐν τῇ αὑτοῦ μορφῇ Pl.R.381c, etc.; ἁ. λέγεσθαι in one sense, opp. πολλαχῶς, Arist.Top.158b10; ἁ. λεγόμενα, opp. συμπλεκόμενα, Id.Metaph.1014a19, cf. Ph.195b15; opp. κατ' ἀλλήλων λέγεσθαι, without distinction of subject and predicate, Metaph.1041b1; ἐσθλοὶ μὲν γὰρ ἁ. παντοδαπῶς δὲ κακοί Poët. ap. EN1106b35, etc. II simply, plainly, ἀλλ' ἁ. φράσον A.Supp.464; ἁ. τι φράζουσ' Id.Ch.121; ἁ. εἰπεῖν Isoc.4.154; λαλεῖν Anaxil.22.23. b openly, frankly, Isoc.3.52, X.HG4.1.37; in good faith, D.18.308, etc.: in bad sense, ἁ. ἔχειν to be a simpleton, Isoc.4.16. c in its natural state, uncooked, of food, Jul.Or.6.192b. 2 simply, absolutely, ἁ. ἀδύνατον Th.3.45; τῶν νεῶν κατέδυ οὐδεμία ἁ. no ship was absolutely sunk (though some were disabled), Id.7.34; ἁ. οὐδὲ ἕν . . συνίημι Philem.123; ὅσ' ἐστὶν ἀγαθὰ . . ἁ. simply all the good things there are, Ar.Ach.873; ἔδωκ' ἐμαυτὸν ὑμῖν ἁ. D. 18.179; ἁ. absolutely, opp. κατά τι (relatively), Arist.Top.115b12; opp. πρός τι, APr.41a5; opp. πρὸς ἡμᾶς, APo.72a3; opp. τινί, Top. 116a21; ἁ. βαρύ, κοῦφον, μαλακόν, etc., Cael.311a17,27, Mete.386b32, al.; τὸ ἁ. καλόν, τὸ ἁ. ἀγαθόν, etc., EN1136b22, 1134b4, al.; opp. ὁτιοῦν (in some particular), Pol.1301a29; strengthd. ἁ. οὕτως Pl. Grg.468c, D.21.99; τὴν ἁ. δίκην absolute, strict justice, opp. τοὐπιεικές and χάρις, S.Fr.770; ἡ τελεία καὶ ἁ. κακία Arist.EN1138a33; τὸ ἁ. the absolute, Dam.Pr.5: Comp. ἁπλούστερον Is.4.2; -τερως Str.6.2.4: Sup. ἁπλούστατα Pl.Lg.921b. 3 in a word, E.Rh.851, X.Cyr.1.6.33, Mem.1.3.2, etc. 4 generally, opp. σαφέστερον, Arist.Pol.1341b39, al.; ὡς ἁ. εἰπεῖν ib. 1285a31, EN1115a8, al.; ἁ. δηλῶσαι Hell.Oxy.11.4; τὸν ἀκριβῶς ἐπιστάμενον λέγειν ἁ. οὐκ ἂν δυνάμενον εἰπεῖν Isoc.4.11, cf. Demetr.Eloc.100,243: in bad sense, loosely, superficially, λίαν ἁ. Arist.Metaph.987a21, GA756b17, al.; οὐχ ἁ. φέρειν not lightly, E.IA899. 5 foolishly, Plu.2.72b.
German (Pape)
[Seite 293] adv. zu ἁπλόος, einfach, schlicht, λέγειν, dem ἀκριβῶς entgegengesetzt, Isocr. 4, 11; vgl. 154; λίαν ἁπλῶς ἔχειν 4, 18; ohne Ausnahme, schlechthin, unbedingt; ἁπλῶς οὕτως, oft bei Plat., z. B. Prot. 351 d; οὕτως ἁπλῶς Rep. 551 a; ὁ τὸν νόμον τιθεὶς ἁπλῶς εἶπε Dem. 19, 7, Ggstz οὐ διώρισε; bestimmt, καὶ ἀτεχνῶς Plat Phaed. 100 d; – Pol. u. Sp. ἁπλῶς οὐ, durchaus nicht, 1, 4, 43.
