ἁπλόω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(ἁπλοῦς) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">make single, unfold, spread out</b>, οὐρήν <span class="bibl">Batr.74</span> (v. l.), cf. <span class="bibl">80</span>; σῶμα <span class="title">AP</span>11.107 (Lucill.); ἱστία <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>360</span>, etc.; σαγήνην <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.3</span>; φάλαγγα <span class="bibl">Paus.4.11.2</span>; δακτύλους <span class="bibl">Sor.1.73</span>; <b class="b3">ἁ. τὸν ἄργυρον</b> <b class="b2">beat</b> it <b class="b2">thin</b>, <span class="bibl">Anacreont.4.5</span>; <b class="b2">expose</b> a wound, <span class="bibl">Just. <span class="title">Nov.</span>111</span> <span class="title">Pr.</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ἀγρευθεὶς εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ἡπλώθη</b> [the fish] <b class="b2">lay stretched out .</b>., <span class="bibl">Babr.4.5</span>; <b class="b3">ἀσπάραγος χαίρει γῇ ἡπλωμένῃ</b> <b class="b2">open</b> ground, <span class="title">Gp.</span>12.18.1; ἁπλωθέντων ἱστίων <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>11.264</span>:—Med., <span class="title">AP</span>10.9, <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>278</span>, <span class="bibl">D.P.235</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., ἅπλωσον σεαυτόν <b class="b2">be simple</b>, <span class="bibl">M.Ant.4.26</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be simplified</b>, <span class="bibl">Plot.6.7.35</span>; but, <b class="b2">to be expanded</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.3.5.9</span> (fort. <b class="b3">ἐξαπλ-</b>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">make plain</b>, ὁδόν <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Jb.</span>22.3</span>.</span>