ἁπλόος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[ἁπλόη]], [[ἁπλόον]], contr. [[ἁπλοῦς]], [[ἁπλῆ]], [[ἁπλοῦν]], opp. [[διπλόος]]<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[twofold]], and so,<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[single]], ἁπλῆ γὰρ οἶμος εἰς Ἁιδου φέρει A.''Fr.''239, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.4 (Comp.); ἁπλῷ τείχει [[περιτειχίζειν]] Th.3.18; δὶς τόσ' ἐξ ἁπλῶν κακά [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''277; ὅπως ἂν ἡ χάρις ἐξ ἁπλῆς διπλῆ φανῇ Id.''Tr.'' 619; ἁπλᾶς δὲ λύπας ἐξὸν οὐκ οἴσω διπλᾶς E.''IT''688.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[ἁπλαῖ]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[κρηπίς|κρηπῖδες]]), αἱ, [[single-soled shoes]], Stratt.24, D.54.34.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[simple]], [[plain]], [[straightforward]], κελεύθοις ἁπλόαις ζωᾶς Pi.''N.''8.36; ἁπλοῦς ὁ [[μῦθος]] A.''Ch.''554; [[ἁπλῷ λόγῳ]] Id.''Pr.''610,al.; [[ὡς ἁπλῷ λόγῳ]] = [[in plain speech]], [[quite simply]] ib.46, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''1151; ἁπλοῦς [[λόγος]] = the [[matter]] is [[simple]], E.''Hel.''979; ἁπλῆ [[διήγησις]] = [[simple]] [[narrative]] (without [[dialogue]]), Pl.''R.''392d; [[οὐκ ἐς ἁπλοῦν φέρει]] = [[leads to no simple issue]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''519; ἁπλᾶ γε καὶ σαφῆ λέγω [[μαθεῖν]] Alex.240.7; οὐδὲν ἔχω ἁπλούστερον λέγειν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.1.32; of [[single-membered]] [[period]]s, Demetr.''Eloc.''17, etc.; of habits, ἁπλούστατος βίος Plb.9.10.5; νόμοι λίαν ἁ. καὶ βαρβαρικοί Arist.''Pol.''1268b39; ἁπλοῦν ἦν . . [[ἀποθανεῖν]] a [[plain]] [[course]], Men.14.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of persons, or their words, thoughts, and acts, [[simple]], [[open]], [[frank]], ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστι τῆς ἀληθείας ἔπη A.''Fr.''176; ἁπλοῦς καὶ [[γενναῖος]] Pl.''R.''361b, etc.; ἁ. τρόποι E.''IA''927; opp. [[δόλος]], Ar.''Pl.''1158; πρὸς τοὺς φίλους ὡς ἁπλούστατον εἶναι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.2.16.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[simple-minded]], ὁ κριτὴς ὑπόκειται εἶναι ἁ. Arist. ''Rh.''1357a12, cf. ''HA''608b4 (Comp.), ''Rh.''1367a37; in bad sense, [[simple]], [[silly]], Isoc.2.46; λίαν γὰρ ἁπλοῦν τὸ [[νομίζειν]] . . [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''339b34.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[simple]], opp. [[compound]] or [[mixed]], Pl.''R.''547e, etc.; opp. [[μεμιγμένος]], [[κεκραμένος]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''989b17, ''Sens.''447a18; ἁ. χρώματα Id.''Col.''791a1; ἁπλᾶ [[ὄνομα|ὀνόματα]], opp. [[διπλᾶ]], Id.''Po.''1457a31; also of nouns, [[without the article]], A.D.''Synt.''98.17, al.; of the [[positive]] adjective, Plu.2.412e, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[ἁπλᾶ βιβλία]] = [[roll]]s [[containing a single author]], Id.''Ant.''58.<br><span class="bld">c</span> of precious metals, [[unalloyed]], [[pure]], ''SIG''901.9 (Delph., iv A. D.), ''PCair.''67041.<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[ἁπλοῦς ἐπίδεσμος]], a kind of [[bandage]], Hp.''Off.''7, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[absolute]], [[sheer]], [[ἀκρασία]] [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1149a2; [[συμφορά]] Lys.24.8, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[simple]], [[unqualified]] (cf. [[ἁπλῶς]] II.3), οὐ πάνυ μοι δοκεῖ . . οὕτως ἁπλοῦν εἶναι ὥστε . . Pl.''Prt.''331b, cf. ''Smp.''206a, ''Tht.''188d, al.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[general]], opp. [[ἀκριβής]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1025b7 (Comp.), cf. 1030a16.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Adv. [[ἁπλῶς]], v. sub voc.<br><span class="bld">V</span> Comp. and Sup. [[ἁπλούστερος]], [[ἁπλούστατος]], v. supr.; irreg. Sup. [[ἁπλότατος]] ''AP''6.185 (Zos.). (Cf. [[διπλόος]]; ἁ- = sṃ; ἁπλόος perhaps identical with [[πλοῦς]] '[[voyage]]', cf. Serb. jedan put '(one [[journey]], hence) 'once'; transition from 'once' to 'simple' as in Lett. vienkarss 'simple' (cf. Lith. vienkart '[[once]]').)